<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ANSI_X3.4-1968" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>Chapter 2. Actions and configuration</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers" /><link rel="up" href="cfg80211-developers-guide.html" title="The cfg80211 subsystem" /><link rel="prev" href="API-wdev-priv.html" title="wdev_priv" /><link rel="next" href="API-struct-cfg80211-ops.html" title="struct cfg80211_ops" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 2. Actions and configuration</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" 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key_params</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — key information </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-survey-info-flags.html"><span class="phrase">enum survey_info_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — survey information flags </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-survey-info.html"><span class="phrase">struct survey_info</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — channel survey response </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-beacon-data.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_beacon_data</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — beacon data </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-ap-settings.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_ap_settings</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — AP configuration </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-station-parameters.html"><span class="phrase">struct station_parameters</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — station parameters </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-station-info-flags.html"><span class="phrase">enum station_info_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — station information flags </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-rate-info-flags.html"><span class="phrase">enum rate_info_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — bitrate info flags </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-rate-info.html"><span class="phrase">struct rate_info</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — bitrate information </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-station-info.html"><span class="phrase">struct station_info</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — station information </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-monitor-flags.html"><span class="phrase">enum monitor_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — monitor flags </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-mpath-info-flags.html"><span class="phrase">enum mpath_info_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — mesh path information flags </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-mpath-info.html"><span class="phrase">struct mpath_info</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — mesh path information </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-bss-parameters.html"><span class="phrase">struct bss_parameters</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — BSS parameters </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-ieee80211-txq-params.html"><span class="phrase">struct ieee80211_txq_params</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — TX queue parameters </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-crypto-settings.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_crypto_settings</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Crypto settings </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-auth-request.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_auth_request</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Authentication request data </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-assoc-request.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_assoc_request</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — (Re)Association request data </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-deauth-request.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_deauth_request</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Deauthentication request data </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-disassoc-request.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_disassoc_request</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Disassociation request data </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-ibss-params.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_ibss_params</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — IBSS parameters </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-connect-params.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_connect_params</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Connection parameters </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cfg80211-pmksa.html"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_pmksa</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — PMK Security Association </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-rx-mlme-mgmt.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of processed MLME management frame </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-auth-timeout.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_auth_timeout</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of timed out authentication </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-rx-assoc-resp.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_rx_assoc_resp</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of processed association response </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-assoc-timeout.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_assoc_timeout</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of timed out association </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-tx-mlme-mgmt.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of transmitted deauth/disassoc frame </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-ibss-joined.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_ibss_joined</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify cfg80211 that device joined an IBSS </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-connect-result.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_connect_result</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify cfg80211 of connection result </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-roamed.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_roamed</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify cfg80211 of roaming </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-disconnected.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_disconnected</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify cfg80211 that connection was dropped </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-ready-on-channel.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_ready_on_channel</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of remain_on_channel start </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-remain-on-channel-expired.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_remain_on_channel_expired</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — remain_on_channel duration expired </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-new-sta.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_new_sta</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify userspace about station </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-rx-mgmt.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_rx_mgmt</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of received, unprocessed management frame </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-mgmt-tx-status.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of TX status for management frame </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-cqm-rssi-notify.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — connection quality monitoring rssi event </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-cqm-pktloss-notify.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notify userspace about packetloss to peer </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-cfg80211-michael-mic-failure.html"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_michael_mic_failure</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — notification of Michael MIC failure (TKIP) </span></dt></dl></div><p> </p><p> Each wireless device and each virtual interface offer a set of configuration operations and other actions that are invoked by userspace. Each of these actions is described in the operations structure, and the parameters these operations use are described separately. </p><p> Additionally, some operations are asynchronous and expect to get status information via some functions that drivers need to call. </p><p> Scanning and BSS list handling with its associated functionality is described in a separate chapter. </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-wdev-priv.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="cfg80211-developers-guide.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-struct-cfg80211-ops.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="phrase">wdev_priv</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_ops</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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