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cfg80211: rename offchannel_chain structs to background_chain to avoid confusion with ETSI standard

ETSI standard defines "Offchannel CAC" as: "Off-Channel CAC is performed by a number of non-continuous checks spread over a period in time. This period, which is required to determine the presence of radar signals, is defined as the Off-Channel CAC Time.. Minimum Off-Channel CAC Time 6 minutes and Maximum Off-Channel CAC Time 4 hours..". mac80211 implementation refers to a dedicated hw chain used for continuous radar monitoring. Rename offchannel_* references to background_* in order to avoid confusion with ETSI standard.

Lorenzo Bianconi committed 4 years ago

Commit a95bfb81 parent 852a07c11 files · +102 −100Browse files

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include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h+7−7
@@ -2646,10 +2646,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands { · 2645 unmodified lines
26462646 * Mandatory parameter for the transmitting interface to enable MBSSID.
26472647 * Optional for the non-transmitting interfaces.
26482648 *
2649− * @NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_OFFCHAN: Configure dedicated offchannel chain available for
2650− * radar/CAC detection on some hw. This chain can't be used to transmit
2651− * or receive frames and it is bounded to a running wdev.
2652− * Offchannel radar/CAC detection allows to avoid the CAC downtime
2649+ * @NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_BACKGROUND: Configure dedicated offchannel chain
2650+ * available for radar/CAC detection on some hw. This chain can't be used
2651+ * to transmit or receive frames and it is bounded to a running wdev.
2652+ * Background radar/CAC detection allows to avoid the CAC downtime
26532653 * switching on a different channel during CAC detection on the selected
26542654 * radar channel.
26552655 *
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { · 503 unmodified lines
31593159 NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG,
31603160 NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS,
31613161
3162− NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_OFFCHAN,
3162+ NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_BACKGROUND,
31633163
31643164 /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
31653165
@@ -6066,7 +6066,7 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { · 2900 unmodified lines
60666066 * frames. Userspace has to share FILS AAD details to the driver by using
60676067 * @NL80211_CMD_SET_FILS_AAD.
60686068 *
6069− * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_OFFCHAN: Device supports offchannel radar/CAC
6069+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND: Device supports background radar/CAC
60706070 * detection.
60716071 *
60726072 * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
@@ -6135,7 +6135,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { · 62 unmodified lines
61356135 NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROT_RANGE_NEGO_AND_MEASURE,
61366136 NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_BSS_COLOR,
61376137 NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_CRYPTO_OFFLOAD,
6138− NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_OFFCHAN,
6138+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND,
61396139
61406140 /* add new features before the definition below */
61416141 NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,