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| ===== cfg80211 ===== | ===== cfg80211 ===== | ||
| - | Kernel side of configuration management for wireless devices. [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|nl80211]] is the User-space side of configuration management for wireless devices. | + | Kernel side of configuration management for wireless devices. [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#nl80211|nl80211]] is the User-space side of configuration management for wireless devices. |
| - | Works together with [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|FullMAC]]-drivers and also with [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|mac80211]]-based drivers. | + | Works together with [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#FullMAC|FullMAC]]-drivers and also with [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#mac80211|mac80211]]-based drivers. |
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| ===== FullMAC ===== | ===== FullMAC ===== | ||
| - | //FullMAC// is a term used to describe a type of wireless card where the [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|MLME]] is managed in hardware. You would **not** use [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|mac80211]] to write a //FullMAC// wireless driver. | + | //FullMAC// is a term used to describe a type of wireless card where the [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#MLME|MLME]] is managed in hardware. You would **not** use [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#mac80211|mac80211]] to write a //FullMAC// wireless driver. |
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| ===== iw ===== | ===== iw ===== | ||
| - | [[en/users/Documentation/iw|iw]] is a new [[en/developers/Documentation/nl80211|nl80211]] based [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|CLI]] configuration utility for wireless devices. | + | [[en/users/Documentation/iw|iw]] is a new [[en/developers/Documentation/nl80211|nl80211]] based [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#CLI|CLI]] configuration utility for wireless devices. |
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| A driver API for SoftMAC wireless cards. See [[en/developers/Documentation/mac80211|Developer Docs for mac80211]]. | A driver API for SoftMAC wireless cards. See [[en/developers/Documentation/mac80211|Developer Docs for mac80211]]. | ||
| - | See also [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|SoftMAC]]. | + | See also [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#SoftMac|SoftMAC]]. |
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| * Reassociate | * Reassociate | ||
| * Beacon | * Beacon | ||
| - | * Probe [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|mac80211]]'s MLME management implementation is currently handled by <code>net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c</code>. This handles only the STA MLME | + | * Probe [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#mac80211|mac80211]]'s MLME management implementation is currently handled by <code>net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c</code>. This handles only the STA MLME |
en/developers/documentation/glossary.txt · Last modified: 2019/05/17 23:20 by Johannes Berg
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