brcmf_mon_add_vif(9)

💅 brcmf_mon_add_vif(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay bestie, we’re doing a kernel API page today and it’s literally the whole thing — no skips, no “you get the vibe,” just the facts with sparkle ✨ This one is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s about creating a monitor mode virtual interface. slay.

✨ NAME ✨

brcmf_mon_add_vif — create monitor mode virtual interface

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct wireless_dev * brcmf_mon_add_vif (struct wiphy *wiphy , const char *name );

This returns a struct wireless_dev * and takes a struct wiphy * plus a const char *. iconic signature behavior 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• wiphy — the wiphy device of the new interface. that’s the device it’s attached to, bestie 💖
• name — the name of the new interface. name it whatever the new interface should be called 🎀

🦋 RETURN 🦋

• On success: a pointer to the new vif 💅
• If it’s not successful: ERR_PTR(-errno) 😭

That’s the whole return vibe: pointer or error pointer, no cap. periodt 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
• brcmf_apsta_add_vif(9)
• brcmf_setup_ifmodes(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one’s from source/version ./drivers/net/wireless/broadco... and it’s dated October 2026. mwah, go off 💋💖