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STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9) Device registration STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9)

NAME

struct_wireless_dev - wireless per-netdev state

SYNOPSIS

struct wireless_dev {
  struct wiphy * wiphy;
  enum nl80211_iftype iftype;
  struct list_head list;
  struct net_device * netdev;
  struct list_head mgmt_registrations;
  spinlock_t mgmt_registrations_lock;
  struct mutex mtx;
  struct work_struct cleanup_work;
  bool use_4addr;
  u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
  u8 ssid_len;
  u8 mesh_id_len;
  u8 mesh_id_up_len;
  enum wext;
#endif
};

MEMBERS

wiphy
pointer to hardware description
iftype
interface type
list
(private) Used to collect the interfaces
netdev
(private) Used to reference back to the netdev
mgmt_registrations
list of registrations for management frames
mgmt_registrations_lock
lock for the list
mtx
mutex used to lock data in this struct
cleanup_work
work struct used for cleanup that can't be done directly
use_4addr
indicates 4addr mode is used on this interface, must be set by driver (if supported) on add_interface BEFORE registering the netdev and may otherwise be used by driver read-only, will be update by cfg80211 on change_interface
ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN]
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
ssid_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
mesh_id_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
mesh_id_up_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
wext
(private) Used by the internal wireless extensions compat code

DESCRIPTION

This structure must be allocated by the driver/stack that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device (this is intentional so it can be allocated along with the netdev.)

AUTHOR

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.

COPYRIGHT

March 2016 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2.