1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>cfg80211_inform_bss_data</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="bk01ch03.html" title="Chapter 3. Scanning and BSS list handling"><link rel="prev" href="API-cfg80211-inform-bss-frame-data.html" title="cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data"><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_data</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-cfg80211-inform-bss-frame-data.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. Scanning and BSS list handling</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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-data"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>cfg80211_inform_bss_data — 
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"><a class="link" href="API-struct-cfg80211-bss.html" title="struct cfg80211_bss">struct cfg80211_bss</a> * <b class="fsfunc">cfg80211_inform_bss_data </b>(</code></td><td><a class="link" href="API-struct-wiphy.html" title="struct wiphy">struct wiphy</a> * <var class="pdparam">wiphy</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><a class="link" href="API-struct-cfg80211-inform-bss.html" title="struct cfg80211_inform_bss">struct cfg80211_inform_bss</a> * <var class="pdparam">data</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>enum cfg80211_bss_frame_type <var class="pdparam">ftype</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const u8 * <var class="pdparam">bssid</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>u64 <var class="pdparam">tsf</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>u16 <var class="pdparam">capability</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>u16 <var class="pdparam">beacon_interval</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const u8 * <var class="pdparam">ie</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">ielen</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>gfp_t <var class="pdparam">gfp</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="id-1.2.4.12.5"></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>data</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     the BSS metadata
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ftype</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     frame type (if known)
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>bssid</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     the BSSID of the BSS
11    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>tsf</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
12     the TSF sent by the peer in the beacon/probe response (or 0)
13    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>capability</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
14     the capability field sent by the peer
15    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>beacon_interval</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
16     the beacon interval announced by the peer
17    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ie</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
18     additional IEs sent by the peer
19    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ielen</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
20     length of the additional IEs
21    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>gfp</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
22     context flags
23    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="id-1.2.4.12.6"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
24   This informs cfg80211 that BSS information was found and
25   the BSS should be updated/added.
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27   A referenced struct, must be released with <code class="function">cfg80211_put_bss</code>!
28   Or <code class="constant">NULL</code> on error.
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