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| IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9) | The basic mac80211 driver inte | IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9) |
NAME¶
ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device
SYNOPSIS¶
struct ieee80211_hw * ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee80211_ops * ops);
ARGUMENTS¶
priv_data_len
length of private data
ops
callbacks for this device
DESCRIPTION¶
This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. mac80211 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by priv in struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as priv_data_len.
RETURN¶
A pointer to the new hardware device, or NULL on error.
AUTHOR¶
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.
COPYRIGHT¶
| January 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. |