STRUCT IWL_SCAN_PROBE_REQ(9)

💖 struct iwl_scan_probe_req(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real quick: this is the struct iwl_scan_probe_req page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little icon and we're gonna get into it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct iwl_scan_probe_req — PROBE_REQUEST_FRAME_API_S_VER_v2, no cap. that's the whole name, that's the vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the shape of it, literally, copy-pasted from the source because we do not freestyle struct definitions:

struct iwl_scan_probe_req {
    struct iwl_scan_probe_segment mac_header;
    struct iwl_scan_probe_segment
band_data[SCAN_NUM_BAND_PROBE_DATA_V_2];
    struct iwl_scan_probe_segment common_data;
    u8 buf[SCAN_OFFLOAD_PROBE_REQ_SIZE];
 };

like, look at her. four members. extremely organized. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🎀 Members 🎀

bestie, let's meet the cast:

• mac_header — the first (and common) part of the probe 🫶
• band_data — band specific data, she's special to her band and her band only 🌈
• common_data — the last (and common) part of the probe, closing us out 💜
• buf — raw data block, just raw, just data, just block 🍓

ngl "first (and common)" and "last (and common)" living in the same struct is such a sibling dynamic. both common. both valid. we love to see it.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this list is long and I am obsessed with how thorough it is. every single one, in order, because we don't skip references in this house:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/api/scan.h
• enum iwl_scan_subcmd_ids(9)
• struct iwl_ssid_ie(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_blocklist(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile_cfg_data(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile_cfg_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile_cfg(9)
• struct iwl_scan_schedule_lmac(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_tx_cmd(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_cfg_lmac(9)
• struct iwl_scan_probe_segment(9)
• struct iwl_scan_probe_req_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_opt(9)
• enum iwl_mvm_lmac_scan_flags(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_lmac(9)
• struct iwl_scan_results_notif(9)
• struct iwl_lmac_scan_complete_notif(9)
• struct iwl_periodic_scan_complete(9)
• struct iwl_scan_dwell(9)
• struct iwl_scan_config_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_config_v2(9)
• struct iwl_scan_config(9)
• enum iwl_umac_scan_flags(9)
• enum iwl_umac_scan_general_flags2(9)
• enum iwl_umac_scan_general_flags_v2(9)
• enum iwl_umac_scan_general_params_flags2(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_cfg_umac(9)
• struct iwl_scan_umac_schedule(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_umac_tail_v2(9)
• struct iwl_scan_umac_chan_param(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_umac(9)
• struct iwl_scan_probe_params_v3(9)
• struct iwl_scan_probe_params_v4(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_params_v4(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_params_v7(9)
• struct iwl_scan_channel_params_v8(9)
• struct iwl_scan_general_params_v11(9)
• struct iwl_scan_periodic_parms_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_params_v12(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_params_v17(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_params_v18(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_umac_v12(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_umac_v17(9)
• struct iwl_scan_req_umac_v18(9)
• struct iwl_umac_scan_abort(9)
• enum iwl_umac_scan_abort_status(9)
• struct iwl_umac_scan_start(9)
• struct iwl_umac_scan_complete(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile_match_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profiles_query_v1(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_profile_match(9)
• struct iwl_scan_offload_match_info(9)
• struct iwl_umac_scan_iter_complete_notif(9)
• struct iwl_umac_scan_channel_survey_notif(9)

like, that's the whole friend group 😭 every version number, every _v1-through-_v18 glow-up, all present and accounted for. iykyk 💀

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚 — no notes, she ate 💅

cute little sign-off time: this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, we stay iconic ✨👑💖