From: James Prestwood Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:00:31 +0000 (-0700) Subject: wifi: nl80211: Add POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE feature X-Git-Tag: baikal/mips/sdk6.1~4743^2~266^2~14 X-Git-Url: https://git.baikalelectronics.ru/sdk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9a79f9c0f732928f3dd453cdd3c15639ff624a4f;p=kernel.git wifi: nl80211: Add POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE feature Add a new extended feature bit signifying that the wireless hardware supports changing the MAC address while the underlying net_device is powered. Note that this has a different meaning from IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE as additional restrictions might be imposed by the hardware, such as: - No connection is active on this interface, carrier is off - No scan is in progress - No offchannel operations are in progress Signed-off-by: James Prestwood Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 573db20403dc4..a00a23840c57f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -6281,6 +6281,14 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND: Device supports background radar/CAC * detection. * + * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE: Device can perform a MAC address + * change without having to bring the underlying network device down + * first. For example, in station mode this can be used to vary the + * origin MAC address prior to a connection to a new AP for privacy + * or other reasons. Note that certain driver specific restrictions + * might apply, e.g. no scans in progress, no offchannel operations + * in progress, and no active connections. + * * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features. * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index. */ @@ -6348,6 +6356,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_BSS_COLOR, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_CRYPTO_OFFLOAD, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE, /* add new features before the definition below */ NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,