mac80211: Add function to get probe request template for current AP

Chipsets with hardware based connection monitoring need to autonomically
send directed probe-request frames to the AP (in the event of beacon loss,
for example.)

For the hardware to be able to do this, it requires a template for the frame
to transmit to the AP, filled in with the BSSID and SSID of the AP, but also
the supported rate IE's.

This patch adds a function to mac80211, which allows the hardware driver to
fetch this template after association, so it can be configured to the hardware.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index b80c38689927..59a1d38212fd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1287,6 +1287,10 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer,
 			     const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
 			     enum ieee80211_band band, u32 rate_mask,
 			     u8 channel);
+struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+					  u8 *dst,
+					  const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
+					  const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len);
 void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst,
 			      const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
 			      const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len);