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en:developers:documentation:nl80211 [2022/02/18 13:31] Kalle Valo [vendor-specific API] Remove outdated comment about Kalle's tree |
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| - Unless the data inside NL80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA is just an opaque blob not used by the driver (but e.g. by firmware), sub-attributes shall be used inside of it, and those shall be documented. | - Unless the data inside NL80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA is just an opaque blob not used by the driver (but e.g. by firmware), sub-attributes shall be used inside of it, and those shall be documented. | ||
| - Vendor command and sub-attribute definitions shall be in a common header file location (TBD, e.g. include/uapi/nl80211-vnd-*.h) | - Vendor command and sub-attribute definitions shall be in a common header file location (TBD, e.g. include/uapi/nl80211-vnd-*.h) | ||
| - | - Patches introducing such commands shall be submitted separately, not "buried" in big driver patchsets. Give them a "nl80211: vendor-cmd: " prefix to make them easily identifiable. | + | - Patches introducing such commands shall be submitted separately, not "buried" in big driver patchsets. Give them a "wifi: nl80211: vendor-cmd: " prefix to make them easily identifiable. |
| The goal with these rules is to enable use of vendor commands in a fashion that is transparent enough to allow later reuse by other components with similar needs, and then potentially defining "real" nl80211 API for the use case in question. | The goal with these rules is to enable use of vendor commands in a fashion that is transparent enough to allow later reuse by other components with similar needs, and then potentially defining "real" nl80211 API for the use case in question. | ||
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