Man page 9 : cfg80211_inform_bss

cfg80211_inform_bss - inform cfg80211 of a new BSS

struct cfg80211_bss * cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *  wiphy , struct ieee80211_channel *  channel , const u8 *  bssid , u64  tsf , u16  capability , u16  beacon_interval , const u8 *  ie , size_t  ielen , s32  signal , gfp_t  gfp );

wiphy
    the wiphy reporting the BSS

channel
    The channel the frame was received on

bssid
    the BSSID of the BSS

tsf
    the TSF sent by the peer in the beacon/probe response (or 0)

capability
    the capability field sent by the peer

beacon_interval
    the beacon interval announced by the peer

ie
    additional IEs sent by the peer

ielen
    length of the additional IEs

signal
    the signal strength, type depends on the wiphyAqs signal_type

gfp
    context flags

This informs cfg80211 that BSS information was found and the BSS should be updated/added.

A referenced struct, must be released with cfg80211_put_bss! Or NULL on error.

Johannes Berg <>
    Author.