Commit 0750cfd8 authored by James Prestwood's avatar James Prestwood Committed by Johannes Berg
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nl80211: better document CMD_ROAM behavior 



The docs were very sparse with how exactly CMD_ROAM should be
used. Specifically related to BSS information normally obtained
through a user space scan.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210311230333.103934-1-prestwoj@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
parent 196900fd

include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h

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 *	When a security association was established on an 802.1X network using

 *	fast transition, this event should be followed by an

 *	%NL80211_CMD_PORT_AUTHORIZED event.

 *	Following a %NL80211_CMD_ROAM event userspace can issue

 *	%NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN in order to obtain the scan information for the

 *	new BSS the card/driver roamed to.

 * @NL80211_CMD_DISCONNECT: drop a given connection; also used to notify

 *	userspace that a connection was dropped by the AP or due to other

 *	reasons, for this the %NL80211_ATTR_DISCONNECTED_BY_AP and