1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>cfg80211_inform_bss_width</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The 802.11 subsystems &#8211; for kernel developers"><link rel="up" href="bk01ch03.html" title="Chapter&#160;3.&#160;Scanning and BSS list handling"><link rel="prev" href="API-cfg80211-inform-bss-width-frame.html" title="cfg80211_inform_bss_width_frame"><link rel="next" href="API-cfg80211-unlink-bss.html" title="cfg80211_unlink_bss"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">cfg80211_inform_bss_width</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-cfg80211-inform-bss-width-frame.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&#160;3.&#160;Scanning and BSS list handling</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-cfg80211-unlink-bss.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-cfg80211-inform-bss-width"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>cfg80211_inform_bss_width &#8212; 
2  inform cfg80211 of a new BSS
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">struct cfg80211_bss * <b class="fsfunc">cfg80211_inform_bss_width </b>(</code></td><td>struct wiphy * <var class="pdparam">wiphy</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>struct ieee80211_channel * <var class="pdparam">rx_channel</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>enum nl80211_bss_scan_width <var class="pdparam">scan_width</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>enum cfg80211_bss_frame_type <var class="pdparam">ftype</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const u8 * <var class="pdparam">bssid</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>u64 <var class="pdparam">tsf</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>u16 <var class="pdparam">capability</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>u16 <var class="pdparam">beacon_interval</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const u8 * <var class="pdparam">ie</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">ielen</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>s32 <var class="pdparam">signal</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>gfp_t <var class="pdparam">gfp</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1113032820"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>wiphy</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the wiphy reporting the BSS
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>rx_channel</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     The channel the frame was received on
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>scan_width</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     width of the control channel
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ftype</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     frame type (if known)
11    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>bssid</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
12     the BSSID of the BSS
13    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>tsf</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
14     the TSF sent by the peer in the beacon/probe response (or 0)
15    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>capability</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
16     the capability field sent by the peer
17    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>beacon_interval</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
18     the beacon interval announced by the peer
19    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ie</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
20     additional IEs sent by the peer
21    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ielen</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
22     length of the additional IEs
23    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>signal</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
24     the signal strength, type depends on the wiphy's signal_type
25    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>gfp</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
26     context flags
27    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1113045428"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
28   This informs cfg80211 that BSS information was found and
29   the BSS should be updated/added.
30</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1113046108"></a><h2>Return</h2><p>
31   A referenced struct, must be released with <code class="function">cfg80211_put_bss</code>!
32   Or <code class="constant">NULL</code> on error.
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