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36 .Nm ieee80211_recv_mgmt
37 .Nd software 802.11 stack input functions
39 .In netproto/802_11/ieee80211_var.h
42 .Fa "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct mbuf *m" "struct ieee80211_node *ni"
43 .Fa "int rssi" "uint32_t rstamp"
46 .Fo ieee80211_recv_mgmt
47 .Fa "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct mbuf *m" "struct ieee80211_node *ni"
48 .Fa "int subtype" "int rssi" "uint32_t rstamp"
51 These functions process received 802.11 frames.
56 function takes an mbuf chain
58 containing a complete 802.11 frame from the interface
60 and passes it to the software 802.11 stack for input processing.
63 argument specifies an instance of
64 .Vt struct ieee80211_node
65 (which may be driver-specific) representing the node from which the
66 frame was received, and must not be
70 is the return value of
71 .Xr ieee80211_find_rxnode 9 .
76 are typically derived from on-card data structures; they are used for
77 recording the signal strength and time received of the frame respectively.
81 .Fn ieee80211_recv_mgmt
82 performs input processing for 802.11 management frames.
83 It is typically called from within
87 If the driver wants to intercept the 802.11 management frames' processing,
90 for later use and assign its own
96 .Fn ieee80211_recv_mgmt ,
97 must be called within the driver's own
106 series of functions first appeared in
108 and were later ported to
112 This man page was written by
113 .An Bruce M. Simpson Aq bms@FreeBSD.org
115 .An Darron Broad Aq darron@kewl.org .