brcmf_p2p_add_vif(9)

💖 brcmf_p2p_add_vif — the Kernel API Manual tea 🫖

okay so bestie, welcome to brcmf_p2p_add_vif(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now ✨ this is the page that tells you how to spin up a brand-new P2P virtual interface, and honestly? it's giving "let there be wifi" energy 🌈

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💅 NAME

brcmf_p2p_add_vif — create a new P2P virtual interface. that's it. that's the whole vibe. one job, does it iconically 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

struct wireless_dev * brcmf_p2p_add_vif (struct wiphy *wiphy , const
char *name , unsigned char name_assign_type , enum nl80211_iftype type ,
struct vif_params *params );

look at that signature. five args, returns a struct wireless_dev *. main character function fr fr 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS

okay so here's who's who in the group chat:

• wiphy — the wiphy device of the new interface. like, the parent energy. this is where your shiny new iface is getting born 🍼
• name — the name of the new interface. its government name, if you will 🎀
• name_assign_type — the origin of the interface name. where the name came from. its lore, basically 📜
• type — the nl80211 interface type. so it knows what kind of iface it's supposed to be 🦋
• params — contains the mac address for the P2P device. yes, the mac address lives in here. no cap 💖

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🌸 SEE ALSO

buckle up bestie, this list is LONG and every single one of these is invited to the party 🎉 no skipping, no cutting, we are thorough in this house:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c

• struct brcmf_p2p_disc_st_le(9)
• enum brcmf_p2p_disc_state(9)
• struct brcmf_p2p_scan_le(9)
• struct brcmf_p2p_pub_act_frame(9)
• struct brcmf_p2p_action_frame(9)
• struct brcmf_p2psd_gas_pub_act_frame(9)
• struct brcmf_config_af_params(9)
• brcmf_p2p_is_pub_action(9)
• brcmf_p2p_is_dpp_pub_action(9)
• brcmf_p2p_is_p2p_action(9)
• brcmf_p2p_is_gas_action(9)
• brcmf_p2p_print_actframe(9)
• brcmf_p2p_set_firmware(9)
• brcmf_p2p_generate_bss_mac(9)
• brcmf_p2p_scan_is_p2p_request(9)
• brcmf_p2p_set_discover_state(9)
• brcmf_p2p_deinit_discovery(9)
• brcmf_p2p_enable_discovery(9)
• brcmf_p2p_escan(9)
• brcmf_p2p_run_escan(9)
• brcmf_p2p_find_listen_channel(9)
• brcmf_p2p_scan_prep(9)
• brcmf_p2p_discover_listen(9)
• brcmf_p2p_remain_on_channel(9)
• brcmf_p2p_notify_listen_complete(9)
• brcmf_p2p_cancel_remain_on_channel(9)
• brcmf_p2p_act_frm_search(9)
• brcmf_p2p_afx_handler(9)
• brcmf_p2p_af_searching_channel(9)
• brcmf_p2p_scan_finding_common_channel(9)
• brcmf_p2p_abort_action_frame(9)
• brcmf_p2p_stop_wait_next_action_frame(9)
• brcmf_p2p_gon_req_collision(9)
• brcmf_p2p_notify_action_frame_rx(9)
• brcmf_p2p_notify_action_tx_complete(9)
• brcmf_p2p_tx_action_frame(9)
• brcmf_p2p_pub_af_tx(9)
• brcmf_p2p_send_action_frame(9)
• brcmf_p2p_notify_rx_mgmt_p2p_probereq(9)
• brcmf_p2p_get_current_chanspec(9)
• brcmf_p2p_ifchange(9)
• brcmf_p2p_create_p2pdev(9)
• brcmf_p2p_del_vif(9)
• brcmf_p2p_attach(9)
• brcmf_p2p_detach(9)

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ngl that's a lot of cross-references but that's just how the brcmfmac p2p family rolls — they're all interconnected, iykyk 💀

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and that's the page bestie!! 🧚 source is ./drivers/net/wireless/broadco... and this gorgeous little doc is dated October 2026 — so jot that down, stay hydrated, and go create some P2P virtual interfaces 💜🌸