cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management
Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain changes/updates for its own wiphy. A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible with non-locally originated hints. A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on its wiphy only. After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on forbidden channels. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron <jonathanx.doron@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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@@ -782,6 +782,10 @@
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* peer given by %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. Both peers must be on the base channel
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* when this command completes.
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*
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* @NL80211_CMD_WIPHY_REG_CHANGE: Similar to %NL80211_CMD_REG_CHANGE, but used
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* as an event to indicate changes for devices with wiphy-specific regdom
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* management.
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*
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* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
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* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
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*/
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@@ -966,6 +970,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
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NL80211_CMD_TDLS_CHANNEL_SWITCH,
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NL80211_CMD_TDLS_CANCEL_CHANNEL_SWITCH,
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NL80211_CMD_WIPHY_REG_CHANGE,
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/* add new commands above here */
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/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
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