rtw_ieee802_11_parse_elems(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 rtw_ieee802_11_parse_elems 💅

okay bestie, welcome to section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel-land today and honestly? it's giving iconic. this little function is the one that reads through the information elements (IEs) inside management frames, and it's lowkey doing a lot of the heavy lifting so you don't have to 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rtw_ieee802_11_parse_elems — parses the information elements in management frames, no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum parse_result rtw_ieee802_11_parse_elems (u8 *start , uint len ,
       struct rtw_ieee802_11_elems *elems , int show_errors );

like, that's the whole vibe check right there ⭐

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • start — a pointer to the start of the IEs. literally where the element party begins 💅
  • len — the length of the IE buffer, measured in octets 🎀
  • elems — the data structure that holds all the parsed elements. this is where the results go to live their best life 🦋
  • show_errors — tells the function whether to show parsing errors in the debug log. set it and the errors get loud, bestie 🙈

👑 RETURN 👑

it returns the parsing result — the enum parse_result moment we've all been waiting for ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

ngl bestie, those WPS ones are the whole friend group — go say hi 💖

and that's a wrap! this page came to you from ./drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core, dated October 2026, for rtw_ieee802_11_parse_elems(9) — slay, periodt, go parse some IEs 🧚‍♀️💫

📦 where this page comes from