'\" t .\" Title: cfg80211_connect_timeout .\" Author: .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: January 2017 .\" Manual: Actions and configuration .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "CFG80211_CONNECT_TIM" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Actions and configuration" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" cfg80211_connect_timeout \- notify cfg80211 of connection timeout .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'void\ cfg80211_connect_timeout('u .BI "void cfg80211_connect_timeout(struct\ net_device\ *\ " "dev" ", const\ u8\ *\ " "bssid" ", const\ u8\ *\ " "req_ie" ", size_t\ " "req_ie_len" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIdev\fR .RS 4 network device .RE .PP \fIbssid\fR .RS 4 the BSSID of the AP .RE .PP \fIreq_ie\fR .RS 4 association request IEs (maybe be \fBNULL\fR) .RE .PP \fIreq_ie_len\fR .RS 4 association request IEs length .RE .PP \fIgfp\fR .RS 4 allocation flags .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP It should be called by the underlying driver whenever \fBconnect\fR has failed in a sequence where no explicit authentication/association rejection was received from the AP\&. This could happen, e\&.g\&., due to not being able to send out the Authentication or Association Request frame or timing out while waiting for the response\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBJohannes Berg\fR <\&johannes@sipsolutions.net\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br