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.\"     Title: ieee80211_alloc_hw
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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: The basic mac80211 driver interface
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The basic mac80211 driver inte"
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.SH "NAME"
ieee80211_alloc_hw \- Allocate a new hardware device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ ieee80211_hw\ *\ ieee80211_alloc_hw('u
.BI "struct ieee80211_hw * ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t\ " "priv_data_len" ", const\ struct\ ieee80211_ops\ *\ " "ops" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIpriv_data_len\fR
.RS 4
length of private data
.RE
.PP
\fIops\fR
.RS 4
callbacks for this device
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
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
\fIpriv\fR
in
struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as
\fIpriv_data_len\fR\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
A pointer to the new hardware device, or
\fBNULL\fR
on error\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJohannes Berg\fR <\&johannes@sipsolutions.net\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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