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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 6da52d7b48c4..b4606288ef7a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -429,7 +429,11 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE: association request and notification; like
* NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Association and Reassociation
* (similar to MLME-ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-REASSOCIATE.request,
- * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives).
+ * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives). The
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID attribute is used to specify whether the
+ * request is for the initial association to an ESS (that attribute not
+ * included) or for reassociation within the ESS (that attribute is
+ * included).
* @NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE: deauthentication request and notification; like
* NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Deauthentication frames (similar to
* MLME-DEAUTHENTICATION.request and MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication
@@ -479,6 +483,9 @@
* set of BSSID,frequency parameters is used (i.e., either the enforcing
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ or the less strict
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT).
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID can be used to request a reassociation within
+ * the ESS in case the device is already associated and an association with
+ * a different BSS is desired.
* Background scan period can optionally be
* specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
* if not specified default background scan configuration
@@ -1287,8 +1294,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE: (Re)association response information elements as
* sent by peer, for ROAM and successful CONNECT events.
*
- * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used by in ASSOCIATE
- * commands to specify using a reassociate frame
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used in ASSOCIATE and CONNECT
+ * commands to specify a request to reassociate within an ESS, i.e., to use
+ * Reassociate Request frame (with the value of this attribute in the
+ * Current AP address field) instead of Association Request frame which is
+ * used for the initial association to an ESS.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_KEY: key information in a nested attribute with
* %NL80211_KEY_* sub-attributes
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