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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>struct ieee80211_conf</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="ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. PHY configuration" /><link rel="prev" href="ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. PHY configuration" /><link rel="next" href="re15.html" title="enum ieee80211_conf_flags" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span>struct ieee80211_conf</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. PHY configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="re15.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" title="struct ieee80211_conf"><a id="API-struct-ieee80211-conf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>struct ieee80211_conf —
configuration of the device
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting">
struct ieee80211_conf {
u32 flags;
int power_level;
int dynamic_ps_timeout;
int max_sleep_period;
u16 listen_interval;
u8 long_frame_max_tx_count;
u8 short_frame_max_tx_count;
struct ieee80211_channel * channel;
enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
}; </pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Members"><a id="id2706967"></a><h2>Members</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">flags</span></dt><dd><p>
configuration flags defined above
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">power_level</span></dt><dd><p>
requested transmit power (in dBm)
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">dynamic_ps_timeout</span></dt><dd><p>
The dynamic powersave timeout (in ms), see the
powersave documentation below. This variable is valid only when
the CONF_PS flag is set.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">max_sleep_period</span></dt><dd><p>
the maximum number of beacon intervals to sleep for
before checking the beacon for a TIM bit (managed mode only); this
value will be only achievable between DTIM frames, the hardware
needs to check for the multicast traffic bit in DTIM beacons.
This variable is valid only when the CONF_PS flag is set.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">listen_interval</span></dt><dd><p>
listen interval in units of beacon interval
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">long_frame_max_tx_count</span></dt><dd><p>
Maximum number of transmissions for a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">long</span>”</span> frame
(a frame not RTS protected), called <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">dot11LongRetryLimit</span>”</span> in 802.11,
but actually means the number of transmissions not the number of retries
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">short_frame_max_tx_count</span></dt><dd><p>
Maximum number of transmissions for a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">short</span>”</span>
frame, called <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">dot11ShortRetryLimit</span>”</span> in 802.11, but actually means the
number of transmissions not the number of retries
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">channel</span></dt><dd><p>
the channel to tune to
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">channel_type</span></dt><dd><p>
the channel (HT) type
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="id2707103"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
</p><p>
This struct indicates how the driver shall configure the hardware.
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