IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9)             The basic mac80211 driver inte            IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9)



NAME
       ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device

SYNOPSIS
       struct ieee80211_hw * ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len,
                                                const struct ieee80211_ops * ops);

ARGUMENTS
       priv_data_len
           length of private data

       ops
           callbacks for this device

DESCRIPTION
       This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer must be used to
       refer to this device when calling other functions. mac80211 allocates a private data area
       for the driver pointed to by priv in struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given
       as priv_data_len.

RETURN
       A pointer to the new hardware device, or NULL on error.

AUTHOR
       Johannes Berg <johannes AT sipsolutions.net>
           Author.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                     IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9)