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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>Chapter 1. Basic hardware handling</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The mac80211 subsystem for kernel developers" /><link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. The basic mac80211 driver interface" /><link rel="prev" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. The basic mac80211 driver interface" /><link rel="next" href="re01.html" title="struct ieee80211_hw" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Basic hardware handling</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pt01.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. The basic mac80211 driver interface</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="re01.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 1. Basic hardware handling"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="basics"></a>Chapter 1. Basic hardware handling</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re01.html"><span>struct ieee80211_hw</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
hardware information and state
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re02.html"><span>enum ieee80211_hw_flags</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
hardware flags
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re03.html"><span>SET_IEEE80211_DEV</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
set device for 802.11 hardware
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re04.html"><span>SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
set the permanent MAC address for 802.11 hardware
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re05.html"><span>struct ieee80211_ops</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
callbacks from mac80211 to the driver
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re06.html"><span>ieee80211_alloc_hw</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
Allocate a new hardware device
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re07.html"><span>ieee80211_register_hw</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
Register hardware device
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re08.html"><span>ieee80211_get_tx_led_name</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
get name of TX LED
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re09.html"><span>ieee80211_get_rx_led_name</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
get name of RX LED
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re10.html"><span>ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
get name of association LED
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re11.html"><span>ieee80211_get_radio_led_name</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
get name of radio LED
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re12.html"><span>ieee80211_unregister_hw</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
Unregister a hardware device
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re13.html"><span>ieee80211_free_hw</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
free hardware descriptor
</span></dt></dl></div><p>TBD</p><p>
This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw
struct allocated and registered with mac80211.
</p><p>
Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering
a hw struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting
up the rate/mode structs.
</p><p>
Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and
the general programming model should be in here, including
the definition of ieee80211_ops which will be referred to
a lot.
</p><p>
Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done
with references to other parts of the book.
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