IEEE80211(9)

NAME
ieee80211_ifattach, ieee80211_ifdetach, ieee80211_mhz2ieee, ieee80211_chan2ieee, ieee80211_ieee2mhz, ieee80211_media_init, ieee80211_media_change, ieee80211_media_status, ieee80211_watchdog, ieee80211_setmode, ieee80211_chan2mode, ieee80211_rate2media, ieee80211_media2rate - core 802.11 network stack functions

SYNOPSIS
#include <net80211/ieee80211_var.h>
#include <net80211/ieee80211_proto.h>
void
ieee80211_ifattach(struct ieee80211com *ic);
void
ieee80211_ifdetach(struct ieee80211com *ic);
u_int
ieee80211_mhz2ieee(u_int freq, u_int flags);
u_int
ieee80211_chan2ieee(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct ieee80211_channel *c);
u_int
ieee80211_ieee2mhz(u_int chan, u_int flags);
void
ieee80211_media_init(struct ieee80211com *ic, ifm_change_cb_t media_change, ifm_stat_cb_t media_stat);
int
ieee80211_media_change(struct ifnet *ifp);
void
ieee80211_media_status(struct ifnet *ifp, struct ifmediareq *imr);
void
ieee80211_watchdog(struct ieee80211com *ic);
int
ieee80211_setmode(struct ieee80211com *ic, enum ieee80211_phymode mode);
enum ieee80211_phymode
ieee80211_chan2mode(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct ieee80211_channel *chan);
int
ieee80211_rate2media(struct ieee80211com *ic, int rate, enum ieee80211_phymode mode);
int
ieee80211_media2rate(int mword);

DESCRIPTION
The ieee80211 collection of functions are used to manage wireless network interfaces in the system which use the system's software 802.11 network stack. Most of these functions require that attachment to the stack is performed before calling. Several utility functions are also provided; these are safe to call from any driver without prior initialization.

The ieee80211_ifattach() function attaches the wireless network interface ic to the 802.11 network stack layer. This function must be called before using any of the ieee80211 functions which need to store driver state across invocations. This function also performs Ethernet and BPF attachment (by calling ether_ifattach() and bpfattach2()) on behalf of the caller.

The ieee80211_ifdetach() function frees any ieee80211 structures associated with the driver, and performs Ethernet and BPF detachment on behalf of the caller.

The ieee80211_mhz2ieee() utility function converts the frequency freq (specified in MHz) to an IEEE 802.11 channel number. The flags argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in the 2GHz ISM band (IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ) or the 5GHz band (IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ); appropriate clipping of the result is then performed.

The ieee80211_chan2ieee() function converts the channel specified in *c to an IEEE channel number for the driver ic. If the conversion would be invalid, an error message is printed to the system console. This function REQUIRES that the driver is hooked up to the ieee80211 subsystem.

The ieee80211_ieee2mhz() utility function converts the IEEE channel number chan to a frequency (in MHz). The flags argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in the 2GHz ISM band (IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ) or the 5GHz band (IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ); appropriate clipping of the result is then performed.

The ieee80211_media_init() function initializes media data structures used by the ifmedia interface for the driver ic. It must be called by the driver after calling ieee80211_ifattach() and before calling most ieee80211 functions. The media_change and media_stat arguments specify helper functions which will be invoked by the ifmedia framework when the user changes or queries media options, using a command such as ifconfig(8).

The ieee80211_media_status() and ieee80211_media_change() functions are device-independent handlers for ifmedia commands and are not intended to be called directly.

The ieee80211_watchdog() function is intended to be called from a driver's if_watchdog routine. It is used to perform periodic cleanup of state within the software 802.11 stack, as well as timing out scans.

The ieee80211_setmode() function is called from within the 802.11 stack to change the mode of the driver's PHY; it is not intended to be called directly.

The ieee80211_chan2mode() function returns the PHY mode required for use with the channel chan on the device ic. This is typically used when selecting a rate set, to be advertised in beacons, for example.

The ieee80211_rate2media() function converts the bit rate rate (measured in units of 0.5Mbps) to an ifmedia sub-type, for the device ic running in PHY mode mode. The ieee80211_media2rate() performs the reverse of this conversion, returning the bit rate (in 0.5Mbps units) corresponding to an ifmedia sub-type.

SEE ALSO
ieee80211_crypto(9), ieee80211_input(9), ieee80211_ioctl(9), ieee80211_node(9), ieee80211_output(9), ieee80211_proto(9), ieee80211_radiotap(9)

HISTORY
The ieee80211 series of functions first appeared in NetBSD 1.5, and were later ported to FreeBSD 4.6.

AUTHORS
-nosplit This man page was written by Bruce M. Simpson <bms@FreeBSD.org> and Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>.