ieee80211_input(9) - NetBSD Manual Pages

IEEE80211_INPUT(9)     NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual     IEEE80211_INPUT(9)


NAME

     ieee80211_input, ieee80211_decap, ieee80211_recv_mgmt -- software 802.11
     stack input functions


SYNOPSIS

     #include <net80211/ieee80211_var.h>
     #include <net80211/ieee80211_proto.h>

     void
     ieee80211_input(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct mbuf *m,
         struct ieee80211_node *ni, int rssi, u_int32_t rstamp);

     struct mbuf *
     ieee80211_decap(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct mbuf *m);

     void
     ieee80211_recv_mgmt(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct mbuf *m0,
         struct ieee80211_node *ni, int subtype, int rssi, u_int32_t rstamp);


DESCRIPTION

     These functions process received 802.11 frames.

     The ieee80211_input() function takes an mbuf chain m containing a com-
     plete 802.11 frame from the driver ic and passes it to the software
     802.11 stack for input processing.  The ni argument specifies an instance
     of struct ieee80211_node (which may be driver-specific) representing the
     node from which the frame was received.  The arguments rssi and stamp are
     typically derived from on-card data structures; they are used for record-
     ing the signal strength and time received of the frame respectively.

     The ieee80211_decap() function performs decapsulation of the 802.11 frame
     in the mbuf chain m received by the device ic, taking the form of the
     802.11 address fields into account; the structure of 802.11 addresses
     vary according to the intended source and destination of the frame.  It
     is typically called from within ieee80211_input().

     The ieee80211_recv_mgmt() performs input processing for 802.11 management
     frames.  It is typically called from within ieee80211_input().


SEE ALSO

     ieee80211(9)


HISTORY

     The ieee80211 series of functions first appeared in NetBSD 1.5, and were
     later ported to FreeBSD 4.6.


AUTHORS

     This man page was written by Bruce M. Simpson <bms@FreeBSD.org> and
     Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>.


BUGS

     There is no netisr queue specifically for the software 802.11 stack yet.

NetBSD 8.0                    September 12, 2006                    NetBSD 8.0