STRUCT CFG80211_DEAUTH_REQUEST(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Okay bestie, this is the struct cfg80211_deauth_request(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🎀 and it’s lowkey all about the data you need for an IEEE 802.11 deauthentication. Let’s get into it ✨

💖 NAME 💖

struct cfg80211_deauth_request — deauthentication request data, and yes it’s giving exactly what it says on the tin 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       struct cfg80211_deauth_request {
           const u8 *bssid;
           const u8 *ie;
           size_t ie_len;
           u16 reason_code;
           bool local_state_change;
        };

🫶 Members 🫶

  • bssid — the BSSID or AP MLD address to deauthenticate from 🦋
  • ie — Extra IEs to add to the Deauthentication frame, or NULL 💫
  • ie_len — Length of the ie buffer in octets, periodt 📏
  • reason_code — The reason code for the deauthentication 🔥
  • local_state_change — if set, change local state only and do not set a deauth frame 👑

🌸 Description 🌸

This structure provides the information needed to complete IEEE 802.11 deauthentication 💖 no cap, that’s literally its whole job.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay bestie, this is the "and here is literally everyone my bestie knows" part of the page 💅 — the whole extended cfg80211 family tree, linked one by one, in exactly the order the manpage lists them. Not one of them is skippable, so grab a snack 🍓.

First up: the home base 🏠 — the kernel file all of this lives in, ./include/net/cfg80211.h. Then the chapter-ish entries and the giant roster of individual symbols. Buckle up 🎀

next chapter, and it's a big one 👑

scanning era 🔍

  • 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_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 time — neighbor awareness, not the bread 🍞

  • 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)
  • struct cfg80211_pmk_conf(9)
  • struct cfg80211_external_auth_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ftm_responder_stats(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_result(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_result(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_request_peer(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_request_peer(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_update_owe_info(9)
  • struct mgmt_frame_regs(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ops(9)
  • enum wiphy_flags(9)
  • struct ieee80211_iface_limit(9)
  • struct ieee80211_iface_combination(9)
  • enum wiphy_wowlan_support_flags(9)
  • struct wiphy_wowlan_support(9)
  • struct wiphy_coalesce_support(9)
  • enum wiphy_vendor_command_flags(9)
  • enum wiphy_opmode_flag(9)
  • struct sta_opmode_info(9)
  • struct wiphy_vendor_command(9)
  • struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab(9)
  • cfg80211_get_iftype_ext_capa(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_capabilities(9)
  • struct wiphy_iftype_akm_suites(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio_cfg(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio_freq_range(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio(9)
  • enum wiphy_nan_flags(9)
  • struct wiphy_nan_capa(9)

the wiphy chronicles 👑✨

utility functions, aka the little helpers that ate 💅

data path helpers 🛣️

regulatory enforcement infrastructure 📋

and now the notification / event squad, no cap 🫶

RFkill integration 🛑

vendor commands & test mode 🎀

that's the roster so far, and yes it's giving "group project where everyone showed up" 🫶 — the page keeps rolling right after this, so don't close the tab yet 🌸

okay bestie that's literally the whole friendship circle 💖 like, every single one of these pages is one click away and they're all right there waiting for you. no cap, that's a lot of cross-references, but that's just how the kernel rolls — everything talks to everything and it's giving very much "the group chat is popping off" energy. 🫶

go read one. pick a random one. i dare you. ✨

and that's a wrap on struct cfg80211_deauth_request(9)!! 🎀 one last lil housekeeping note for the receipts: this page lives in the source tree under ./include/net, and it's stamped with the date October 2026.

mwah 💅 slay, you read the whole thing. go touch some firmware. 💜

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