STRUCT QLINK_CMD_START_AP(9)

💅 struct qlink_cmd_start_ap(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual ✨ this one's a struct page for the qlink_cmd_start_ap gig, living its best life over in the Quantenna qtnfmac wireless driver. It's literally the data payload that gets packed up for the QLINK_CMD_START_AP command — like, it's giving "access point, but make it a packet" 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct qlink_cmd_start_ap — the data for the QLINK_CMD_START_AP command. That's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct qlink_cmd_start_ap {
    struct qlink_cmd chdr;
    __le16 beacon_interval;
    __le16 inactivity_timeout;
    u8 dtim_period;
    u8 hidden_ssid;
    u8 smps_mode;
    u8 p2p_ctwindow;
    u8 p2p_opp_ps;
    u8 pbss;
    u8 ht_required;
    u8 vht_required;
    struct qlink_auth_encr aen;
    struct qlink_sr_params sr_params;
    u8 twt_responder;
    u8 rsvd[3];
    u8 info[];
};

no cap, copy it exact or the firmware will not be slaying 💀

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💖 Members 💖

okay so here's the cast of characters, one by one, main character energy only:

• beacon_interval — the beacon interval 👑 that's the whole description, she's brief and iconic
• inactivity_timeout — the station's inactivity period, measured in seconds ⏱️
• dtim_period — the DTIM period ✨
• hidden_ssid — whether to hide the SSID, and it takes one of enum qlink_hidden_ssid 🙈
• smps_mode — the SMPS mode 💅
• ht_required — stations must support HT, no exceptions bestie
• vht_required — stations must support VHT 🌈
• aen — encryption info 🔐
• sr_params — spatial reuse parameters 🦋
• twt_responder — enable Target Wake Time ⏰
• info — variable configurations, the flexible-array bestie at the end 🎀

ngl, your girl noticed p2p_ctwindow, p2p_opp_ps, pbss and rsvd[3] are sitting right there in the struct but don't get their own little blurbs here. That's just how the page is fr fr — they're in the synopsis, so we keep 'em. Don't come for me 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

literally the whole qlink extended universe, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
• enum qlink_msg_type(9)
• struct qlink_msg_header(9)
• enum qlink_hw_capab(9)
• enum qlink_driver_capab(9)
• struct qlink_intf_info(9)
• struct qlink_channel(9)
• struct qlink_chandef(9)
• struct qlink_sta_info_state(9)
• enum qlink_sr_ctrl_flags(9)
• struct qlink_sr_params(9)
• enum qlink_cmd_type(9)
• struct qlink_cmd(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_init_fw(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_manage_intf(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_mgmt_frame_register(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_frame_tx(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_get_sta_info(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_add_key(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_set_def_key(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_set_def_mgmt_key(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_change_sta(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_del_sta(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_connect(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_external_auth(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_disconnect(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_updown(9)
• enum qlink_band(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_band_info_get(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_get_chan_stats(9)
• enum qlink_reg_initiator(9)
• enum qlink_user_reg_hint_type(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_reg_notify(9)
• enum qlink_chan_sw_flags(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_chan_switch(9)
• enum qlink_hidden_ssid(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_start_cac(9)
• struct qlink_acl_data(9)
• enum qlink_pm_mode(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_pm_set(9)
• enum qlink_txpwr_op(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_txpwr(9)
• enum qlink_wowlan_trigger(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_wowlan_set(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_ndev_event(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_ndev_changeupper(9)
• enum qlink_scan_flags(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_scan(9)
• struct qlink_cmd_update_owe(9)
• struct qlink_resp(9)
• struct qlink_resp_init_fw(9)
• enum qlink_dfs_regions(9)
• struct qlink_resp_get_mac_info(9)
• struct qlink_resp_get_hw_info(9)
• struct qlink_resp_manage_intf(9)
• struct qlink_resp_get_sta_info(9)
• struct qlink_resp_band_info_get(9)
• struct qlink_resp_get_chan_stats(9)
• struct qlink_resp_channel_get(9)
• struct qlink_resp_txpwr(9)
• struct qlink_event(9)
• struct qlink_event_sta_assoc(9)
• struct qlink_event_sta_deauth(9)
• struct qlink_event_bss_join(9)
• struct qlink_event_bss_leave(9)
• struct qlink_event_freq_change(9)
• struct qlink_event_rxmgmt(9)
• struct qlink_event_scan_result(9)
• enum qlink_scan_complete_flags(9)
• struct qlink_event_scan_complete(9)
• struct qlink_event_radar(9)
• struct qlink_event_external_auth(9)
• struct qlink_event_mic_failure(9)
• struct qlink_event_update_owe(9)
• enum qlink_tlv_id(9)
• enum qlink_reg_rule_flags(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_reg_rule(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_channel(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_chandef(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_ie_set(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_ext_ie(9)
• struct qlink_tlv_iftype_data(9)
• enum qlink_chan_stat(9)
• struct qlink_chan_stats(9)
• enum qlink_sta_info(9)
• struct qlink_sta_info_rate(9)
• struct qlink_sta_stats(9)
• struct qlink_random_mac_addr(9)
• struct qlink_wowlan_capab_data(9)
• struct qlink_wowlan_support(9)

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✨ mwah, that's the page ✨ sourced from ./drivers/net/wireless/quanten... (yes the kernel truncated it, not me 🥲) and stamped October 2026 — bestie it's literally from the future, we love a time-traveling manpage 🕰️💜 hope the AP starts and the SSID stays exactly as hidden as you asked 🎀