Commit a29838ef authored Aug 02, 2019 by Arend van Spriel Committed by nakul kachhwaha Nov 09, 2020

nl80211: add 6GHz band definition to enum nl80211_band



In the 802.11ax specification a new band is introduced, which
is also proposed by FCC for unlicensed use. This band is referred
to as 6GHz spanning frequency range from 5925 to 7125 MHz.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Leon Zegers <leon.zegers@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1564745465-21234-2-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com


Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Git-commit: c5b9a7f826735228a38fab4a7b2707f032468c88
Git-repo: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next.git


Change-Id: I3f6581e8b4b1bdd2fe76390d93304c1f115d8105
CRs-Fixed: 2536728
Signed-off-by: Liangwei Dong <liangwei@codeaurora.org>

parent 685acd34

include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h

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		@@ -4499,6 +4499,7 @@ enum nl80211_txrate_gi {
		* @NL80211_BAND_2GHZ: 2.4 GHz ISM band
		* @NL80211_BAND_5GHZ: around 5 GHz band (4.9 - 5.7 GHz)
		* @NL80211_BAND_60GHZ: around 60 GHz band (58.32 - 64.80 GHz)
		* @NL80211_BAND_6GHZ: around 6 GHz band (5.9 - 7.2 GHz)
		* @NUM_NL80211_BANDS: number of bands, avoid using this in userspace
		* since newer kernel versions may support more bands
		*/
		@@ -4506,6 +4507,7 @@ enum nl80211_band {
		NL80211_BAND_2GHZ,
		NL80211_BAND_5GHZ,
		NL80211_BAND_60GHZ,
		NL80211_BAND_6GHZ,

		NUM_NL80211_BANDS,
		};

net/mac80211/tx.c

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		@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static __le16 ieee80211_duration(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx,
		break;
		}
		case NL80211_BAND_5GHZ:
		case NL80211_BAND_6GHZ:
		if (r->flags & IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_A)
		mrate = r->bitrate;
		break;