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About mac80211

mac80211 is the Linux API used to write SoftMAC wireless drivers. Right now the MLME is done in the kernel but our goal is to eventually move this complete to userspace.

mac80211 kernel docs

  • [:/kerneldoc:mac80211 kerneldoc]
  • [:/kerneldoc/warnings:warnings]

New mac80211 driver interface semantics

The [:/semantics:new mac80211 driver interface semantics] gives an overview of the expected and suggested driver behavior.


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