From 918e7072b894b188eb582560f49dea4c5a434d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ilan Peer Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 12:09:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 10/70] wifi: nl80211: Update the documentation of NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ Add a detailed description of NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ flag. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer Signed-off-by: Gregory Greenman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230301115906.487ab04feb39.I5129fd61841332474693046241586f057b134c3c@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index f14621a..c22eeb1 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -6510,8 +6510,14 @@ enum nl80211_timeout_reason { * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FREQ_KHZ: report scan results with * %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQ_KHZ. This also means * %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES will not be included. - * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ: scan for colocated APs reported by - * 2.4/5 GHz APs + * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ: scan for collocated APs reported by + * 2.4/5 GHz APs. When the flag is set, the scan logic will use the + * information from the RNR element found in beacons/probe responses + * received on the 2.4/5 GHz channels to actively scan only the 6GHz + * channels on which APs are expected to be found. Note that when not set, + * the scan logic would scan all 6GHz channels, but since transmission of + * probe requests on non PSC channels is limited, it is highly likely that + * these channels would passively be scanned. */ enum nl80211_scan_flags { NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_LOW_PRIORITY = 1<<0, -- 2.39.2