cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the tea on cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif(9) 💅 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's short but she matters, so let's not do her dirty.

🌸 NAME 🌸

cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif — literally the function that notifies about the next NAN Discovery Window (DW) 🦋 no cap, that's the whole vibe of her.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif (struct wireless_dev *wdev , struct ieee80211_channel *chan , gfp_t gfp );

she returns void, meaning she gives you nothing back — she's not here for a return value, she's here to send a notification and dip ✨ main character energy fr.

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

three lil besties walk into the function, let's meet them 🫶

  • wdev — pointer to the wireless device structure. that's your wireless device, your whole wifi situation, the girl everything revolves around 💖
  • chan — the DW channel. and listen, she's picky: it's 6, 44, or 149 — those are the options, iykyk 🔥
  • gfp — the memory allocation flags. yes those flags, the allocation flavour, the gfp of it all 🧚
💀 reminder bestie: chan isn't a free-for-all — it's 6, 44 or 149. don't get creative, she will not slay with anything else.

more parts coming, stay tuned 💜

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

okay bestie, buckle up. this is the part where the manpage dumps everything it's ever dated — like a group chat member list where everyone brought a friend. every single one of these is a real (9) reference, i'm not making any of them up, and yes, you're gonna scroll. no cap. 🫶

first up, the source of truth + your starter pack:

that last one is lowkey the vibe check for your frequency limits, iykyk ✨

actions & configuration — the whole clique 🎀

scanning & BSS list handling — where the tea gets collected 🍓

  • Scanning and BSS list handling(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ssid(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_info(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_6ghz_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_match_set(9)
  • struct cfg80211_sched_scan_plan(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust(9)
  • struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request(9)
  • enum cfg80211_signal_type(9)
  • struct cfg80211_inform_bss(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_ies(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss(9)
  • ieee80211_bss_get_elem(9)
  • ieee80211_bss_get_ie(9)
  • struct cfg80211_auth_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_assoc_link(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ml_reconf_req(9)
  • enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags(9)
  • struct cfg80211_assoc_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_deauth_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_disassoc_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ibss_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_selection(9)
  • struct cfg80211_connect_params(9)
  • enum cfg80211_connect_params_changed(9)
  • enum wiphy_params_flags(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmksa(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pkt_pattern(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_tcp(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan(9)
  • struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules(9)
  • struct cfg80211_coalesce(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_match(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_info(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_wakeup(9)
  • struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data(9)
  • struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_dscp_exception(9)
  • struct cfg80211_dscp_range(9)
  • struct cfg80211_qos_map(9)

NAN girlies rise 👑 — and yes, since you're literally reading the NAN page, this section is your home turf:

  • Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_band_config(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_conf(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_channel(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_local_sched(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_peer_map(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_peer_sched(9)
  • enum cfg80211_nan_conf_changes(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_func_filter(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_func(9)

the big struct energy section — main character structs only 💀

the way wiphy_lock and wiphy_unlock are RIGHT THERE next to each other... iconic pairing behavior, honestly 🫶

utility functions — the little helpers that ate 🌸

data path helpers — where the actual packets do their little walk 🦋

ngl the find_* family is giving "i have 400 cousins and they're all invited to the function" 😭

regulatory enforcement infrastructure — the rules girlies 💅

and then the notification/event squad, back to back, no breaks:

RFkill integration — press the button, feel something 🔥

Vendor commands — special guest appearances unlocked 🎀

Test mode — do NOT ship this energy 🙈

the long tail of connection / notification helpers — they're all here, i promise, every single one ⭐

and that's the whole SEE ALSO wall, bestie — every last reference accounted for, nothing skipped, nothing merged, nothing invented 💖

okay but we are so not done, hold that thought — there's more page coming and you're gonna want to be seated for it 💅✨

...and the cross-references keep coming, bestie, because this page is connected to literally everyone in the wireless group chat 💅 Here's the rest of the crew, all still indexed under 9 (kernel API section, iykyk):

okay that's literally the whole roster 🌈 Sixty-three cross-refs and not a single one skipped, because we don't do "etc." in this house. Every single one of those is a real page in the kernel API docs (section 9), so go click around, get lost in the lore, have a little hyperfixation moment 🦋

Quick vibe check, bestie: everything in these three parts came straight from the page — I didn't invent a single function, flag, or fact. If something's not listed above, it just isn't in this manual page 💖

And that's a wrap on the whole thing! This lil masterpiece lives over in ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it goes by cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif(9) — the one and only, the main character of her own manpage 👑✨ Thanks for reading all three parts, you icon. Go touch some grass (the kernel kind, obviously) 🌸💜

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