Hi, > Add support for getting and free association ID if the station > association ID management handled by the WLAN driver/firmware. > > Add cfg80211 driver ops and nl80211 API and CMD to request > the WLAN driver to assign an AID for a station during association > and release the AID of the station from the WLAN driver/firmware > station database on disassociation from the AP. > > Signed-off-by: Sarada Prasanna Garnayak <sarada.prasanna.garna...@intel.com> > --- > include/net/cfg80211.h | 12 +++++++ > include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 11 +++++++ > net/wireless/nl80211.c | 74 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > net/wireless/rdev-ops.h | 22 +++++++++++++ > net/wireless/trace.h | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 5 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
Could you please clarify the use-cases for this feature and its potential users ? Besides, why existing nl80211_set_station can't be used ? It turns out that there exists station AID field among numerous 'struct station_parameters' fields. Regards, Sergey
