| ieee80211_vap.9 (210933) | ieee80211_vap.9 (233648) |
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| 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/ieee80211_vap.9 210933 2010-08-06 14:33:42Z joel $ | 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/ieee80211_vap.9 233648 2012-03-29 05:02:12Z eadler $ |
| 27.\" 28.Dd August 4, 2009 29.Dt IEEE8021_VAP 9 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm net80211_vap 33.Nd 802.11 network layer virtual radio support 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 53 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 88The vap creation process is done in three steps. 89First the driver allocates the data structure with 90.Xr malloc 9 . 91This data structure must have an 92.Vt ieee80211vap 93structure at the front but is usually extended with driver-private state. 94Next the vap is setup with a call to 95.Fn ieee80211_vap_setup . | 27.\" 28.Dd August 4, 2009 29.Dt IEEE8021_VAP 9 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm net80211_vap 33.Nd 802.11 network layer virtual radio support 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 53 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 88The vap creation process is done in three steps. 89First the driver allocates the data structure with 90.Xr malloc 9 . 91This data structure must have an 92.Vt ieee80211vap 93structure at the front but is usually extended with driver-private state. 94Next the vap is setup with a call to 95.Fn ieee80211_vap_setup . |
| 96This request initializes | 96This request initializes |
| 97.Nm net80211 98state but does not activate the interface. 99The driver can then override methods setup by 100.Nm net80211 101and setup driver resources before finally calling 102.Fn ieee80211_vap_attach 103to complete the process. 104Both these calls must be done without holding any driver locks as 105work may require the process block/sleep. 106.Pp 107A vap is deleted when an 108.Dv SIOCIFDESTROY 109ioctl request is made or when the device detaches (causing all 110associated vaps to automatically be deleted). | 97.Nm net80211 98state but does not activate the interface. 99The driver can then override methods setup by 100.Nm net80211 101and setup driver resources before finally calling 102.Fn ieee80211_vap_attach 103to complete the process. 104Both these calls must be done without holding any driver locks as 105work may require the process block/sleep. 106.Pp 107A vap is deleted when an 108.Dv SIOCIFDESTROY 109ioctl request is made or when the device detaches (causing all 110associated vaps to automatically be deleted). |
| 111Delete requests cause the | 111Delete requests cause the |
| 112.Vt ic_vap_delete 113method to be called. 114Drivers must quiesce the device before calling 115.Fn ieee80211_vap_detach 116to deactivate the vap and isolate it from activities such as requests 117from user applications. 118The driver can then reclaim resources held by the vap and re-enable 119device operation. --- 35 unchanged lines hidden --- | 112.Vt ic_vap_delete 113method to be called. 114Drivers must quiesce the device before calling 115.Fn ieee80211_vap_detach 116to deactivate the vap and isolate it from activities such as requests 117from user applications. 118The driver can then reclaim resources held by the vap and re-enable 119device operation. --- 35 unchanged lines hidden --- |