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wifi: nl80211: Add POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE feature
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Add a new extended feature bit signifying that the wireless hardware
supports changing the MAC address while the underlying net_device is
powered. Note that this has a different meaning from
IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE as additional restrictions might be imposed by
the hardware, such as:

 - No connection is active on this interface, carrier is off
 - No scan is in progress
 - No offchannel operations are in progress

Signed-off-by: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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James Prestwood authored and Johannes Berg committed Sep 3, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -6281,6 +6281,14 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND: Device supports background radar/CAC
* detection.
*
* @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE: Device can perform a MAC address
* change without having to bring the underlying network device down
* first. For example, in station mode this can be used to vary the
* origin MAC address prior to a connection to a new AP for privacy
* or other reasons. Note that certain driver specific restrictions
* might apply, e.g. no scans in progress, no offchannel operations
* in progress, and no active connections.
*
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
*/
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NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_BSS_COLOR,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_CRYPTO_OFFLOAD,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE,

/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
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