STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9) Device registration STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9)NAMEstruct_wireless_dev - wireless device state
SYNOPSIS
struct wireless_dev {
struct wiphy * wiphy;
enum nl80211_iftype iftype;
struct list_head list;
struct net_device * netdev;
u32 identifier;
struct list_head mgmt_registrations;
spinlock_t mgmt_registrations_lock;
struct mutex mtx;
bool use_4addr;
bool p2p_started;
u8 address[ETH_ALEN];
u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
u8 ssid_len;
u8 mesh_id_len;
u8 mesh_id_up_len;
struct cfg80211_conn * conn;
struct cfg80211_cached_keys * connect_keys;
struct list_head event_list;
spinlock_t event_lock;
struct cfg80211_internal_bss * current_bss;
struct cfg80211_chan_def preset_chandef;
struct ieee80211_channel * channel;
bool ibss_fixed;
bool ps;
int ps_timeout;
int beacon_interval;
u32 ap_unexpected_nlportid;
bool cac_started;
unsigned long cac_start_time;
#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
struct 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, may be NULL
identifier
(private) Identifier used in nl80211 to identify this wireless
device if it has no 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, may be used by drivers and
some API functions require it held
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
p2p_started
true if this is a P2P Device that has been started
address[ETH_ALEN]
The address for this device, valid only if netdev is NULL
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
conn
(private) cfg80211 software SME connection state machine data
connect_keys
(private) keys to set after connection is established
event_list
(private) list for internal event processing
event_lock
(private) lock for event list
current_bss
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
preset_chandef
(private) Used by the internal configuration code to track the
channel to be used for AP later
channel
(private) Used by the internal configuration code to track the
user-set AP, monitor and WDS channel
ibss_fixed
(private) IBSS is using fixed BSSID
ps
powersave mode is enabled
ps_timeout
dynamic powersave timeout
beacon_interval
beacon interval used on this device for transmitting beacons, 0
when not valid
ap_unexpected_nlportid
(private) netlink port ID of application registered for unexpected
class 3 frames (AP mode)
cac_started
true if DFS channel availability check has been started
cac_start_time
timestamp (jiffies) when the dfs state was entered.
wext
(private) Used by the internal wireless extensions compat code
DESCRIPTION
For netdevs, this structure must be allocated by the driver that uses
the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device (this is intentional so it
can be allocated along with the netdev.) It need not be registered then
as netdev registration will be intercepted by cfg80211 to see the new
wireless device.
For non-netdev uses, it must also be allocated by the driver in
response to the cfg80211 callbacks that require it, as there's no
netdev registration in that case it may not be allocated outside of
callback operations that return it.
AUTHOR
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.
COPYRIGHTKernel Hackers Manual 3.11 November 2013 STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9)
