netbsd man page for ieee80211_input

IEEE80211_INPUT(9)					   BSD 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 complete 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) represent-
     ing 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 recording 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.

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