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.\"     Title: struct ieee80211_key_conf
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.TH "STRUCT IEEE80211_KEY" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Advanced driver interface"
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.SH "NAME"
struct_ieee80211_key_conf \- key information
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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struct ieee80211_key_conf {
  u32 cipher;
  u8 icv_len;
  u8 iv_len;
  u8 hw_key_idx;
  u8 flags;
  s8 keyidx;
  u8 keylen;
  u8 key[0];
};  
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.SH "MEMBERS"
.PP
cipher
.RS 4
The key\*(Aqs cipher suite selector\&.
.RE
.PP
icv_len
.RS 4
The ICV length for this key type
.RE
.PP
iv_len
.RS 4
The IV length for this key type
.RE
.PP
hw_key_idx
.RS 4
To be set by the driver, this is the key index the driver wants to be given when a frame is transmitted and needs to be encrypted in hardware\&.
.RE
.PP
flags
.RS 4
key flags, see
enum
ieee80211_key_flags\&.
.RE
.PP
keyidx
.RS 4
the key index (0\-3)
.RE
.PP
keylen
.RS 4
key material length
.RE
.PP
key[0]
.RS 4
key material\&. For ALG_TKIP the key is encoded as a 256\-bit (32 byte)
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
This key information is given by mac80211 to the driver by the
\fBset_key\fR
callback in
struct ieee80211_ops\&.
.SH "DATA BLOCK"
.PP
\- Temporal Encryption Key (128 bits) \- Temporal Authenticator Tx MIC Key (64 bits) \- Temporal Authenticator Rx MIC Key (64 bits)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJohannes Berg\fR <\&johannes@sipsolutions.net\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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