On June 4, 2025 4:24:43 PM Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6/4/2025 1:55 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
* @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_PARAM: nested attribute used with %NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY
- * which indicates which BSS parameters can be modified.
+ * which indicates which BSS parameters can be modified. The attribute can
+ * also be used as flag attribute by user-space in %NL80211_CMD_SET_BSS to
+ * indicate that it wants strict checking on the BSS parameters to be
+ * modified.
again yuck that this attribute id is a nest in one usage but a flag in another
usage :(
Here one usage is from userspace to kernel and the other from kernel to
userspace so with proper API documentation those two can coexist with
special handling or policy.
Regards,
Arend
