From patchwork Fri Jun 9 12:08:46 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Arend van Spriel X-Patchwork-Id: 9778335 X-Patchwork-Delegate: johannes@sipsolutions.net Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8692C60350 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A0228437 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 6B86D2860D; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:09:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E82A28437 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751772AbdFIMJG (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 08:09:06 -0400 Received: from lpdvrndsmtp01.broadcom.com ([192.19.229.170]:42942 "EHLO rnd-relay.smtp.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751672AbdFIMJC (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 08:09:02 -0400 Received: from mail-irv-17.broadcom.com (mail-irv-17.lvn.broadcom.net [10.75.224.233]) by rnd-relay.smtp.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F4A30C02A; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 05:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jenkins-cam-14.cam.broadcom.com (jenkins-cam-14.cam.broadcom.com [10.177.128.77]) by mail-irv-17.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B806281F2D; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 05:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jenkins-cam-14.cam.broadcom.com (Postfix, from userid 25152) id 14C84B89390; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 13:08:58 +0100 (BST) From: Arend van Spriel To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Arend van Spriel Subject: [PATCH V3 5/9] nl80211: remove desciption about request from NL80211_CMD_ROAM Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 13:08:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1497010130-16186-6-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1497010130-16186-1-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> References: <1497010130-16186-1-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP The description of NL80211_CMD_ROAM indicated possibility for a request to roam issued by user-space. However, it also states that as not being implemented right now. This has been so since commit b23aa676ab9d ("cfg80211: connect/disconnect API") added in 2009. So it seems safe to assume it will not be added any time soon and thus remove it. Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel --- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index c792234..c931263 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -569,14 +569,13 @@ * authentication/association or not receiving a response from the AP. * Non-zero %NL80211_ATTR_STATUS_CODE value is indicated in that case as * well to remain backwards compatible. - * @NL80211_CMD_ROAM: request that the card roam (currently not implemented), - * sent as an event when the card/driver roamed by itself. - * When used as an event, and the driver roamed in a network that requires - * 802.1X authentication, %NL80211_ATTR_PORT_AUTHORIZED should be set - * if the 802.1X authentication was done by the driver or if roaming was - * done using Fast Transition protocol (in which case 802.1X authentication - * is not needed). If %NL80211_ATTR_PORT_AUTHORIZED is not set, user space - * is responsible for the 802.1X authentication. + * @NL80211_CMD_ROAM: notifcation indicating the card/driver roamed by itself. + * When the driver roamed in a network that requires 802.1X authentication, + * %NL80211_ATTR_PORT_AUTHORIZED should be set if the 802.1X authentication + * was done by the driver or if roaming was done using Fast Transition + * protocol (in which case 802.1X authentication is not needed). If + * %NL80211_ATTR_PORT_AUTHORIZED is not set, user space is responsible for + * the 802.1X authentication. * @NL80211_CMD_DISCONNECT: drop a given connection; also used to notify * userspace that a connection was dropped by the AP or due to other * reasons, for this the %NL80211_ATTR_DISCONNECTED_BY_AP and