STRUCT QLINK_EVENT_EXTERNAL_AUTH(9)

🎀 struct qlink_event_external_auth — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, you're looking at the struct qlink_event_external_auth page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "the payload that rides along with the QLINK_EVENT_EXTERNAL_AUTH event." that's the whole vibe. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

struct qlink_event_external_auth — the data for the QLINK_EVENT_EXTERNAL_AUTH event, periodt. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct qlink_event_external_auth {
    struct qlink_event ehdr;
    __le32 akm_suite;
    u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
    u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
    u8 ssid_len;
    u8 action;
 };

look at her. five little fields and an ehdr head, living her best life. 🦋

An ehdr rides along as part of the struct too, so don't forget she's in there — the synopsis says it, we say it, everybody says it.

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💖 Members 💖

okay so let's go member by member, bestie, no skips, no cap:

• akm_suite — the AKM suite used for external authentication. that's her whole job. 🔥
• ssid — the SSID, as announced by the BSS. like, the network's name tag. 🌈
• bssid — the BSSID of the BSS you're connecting to. the actual address address. 👑
• ssid_len — the length of the SSID. how many bytes of name we're dealing with. ⭐
• action — the action type / trigger for external authentication. the "why are we doing this" field. 💀

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the reading list is LONG, bestie — like, no crumbs left behind long. here's every single one, in the original order, because we don't gatekeep:

• the 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_ap(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_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)

bestie that's ninety-ish cross-references and we listed every. single. one. no shortcuts, no "etc." — we ate and left no crumbs. 🍓

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this page lives under ./drivers/net/wireless/quanten... (the source line got cut off in the header, but that's where she's at 💜) and the date on her is October 2026. love that for her. 🌸

go read the other qlink pages, bestie — iykyk. ✨💅