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 <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Leon Zegers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]> --- changes: - V2 fix ABI breakage by appending the new band definition. - V3 fix warning (-Wswitch) in mac80211. --- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++ net/mac80211/tx.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 822851d..4d5988f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -4543,6 +4543,7 @@ 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 - 69.12 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 */ @@ -4550,6 +4551,7 @@ enum nl80211_band { NL80211_BAND_2GHZ, NL80211_BAND_5GHZ, NL80211_BAND_60GHZ, + NL80211_BAND_6GHZ, NUM_NL80211_BANDS, }; diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index 235c637..1fa4227 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ 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; -- 1.9.1
