wdev_priv(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ wdev_priv — return wiphy priv from wireless_dev ✨

okay bestie so you're deep in the kernel networking sauce and you need the priv pointer off a struct wireless_dev's wiphy? this lil page is literally your girl. it's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's giving "tiny function, huge convenience" energy 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * wdev_priv (struct wireless_dev *wdev );

like yes that's the whole signature. one arg, one pointer back, no drama 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • wdev — the wireless device whose wiphy's priv pointer you want returned, periodt. that's the whole brief 🫶

💖 RETURN 💖

the wiphy priv of wdev. that's it, that's the return value, and honestly we love a clean one-liner 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so this is the part where the manpage literally just dumps its entire friend list on you and honestly? iconic. respect the hustle. every single one of these is a real (9) page, so like, pick your fighter. 💖

First up, the actual home base:

  • Kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h

🫶 the intro & registration girlies

🎀 channels, rates & BSS vibes

💅 actions & configuration (the whole squad)

🌸 scanning & BSS list handling (the detective 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_deauth_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, PMK, PMSR & friends

🧚 utility functions (the little helpers that could)

💜 data path helpers

👑 regulatory enforcement infrastructure (the law, bestie)

🌈 notify-the-world squad

🔥 RFkill integration

🎀 vendor commands

🫶 test mode

🍓 connect / roam / disconnect era

and that's the whole contact list bestie, no cap 🌟 (there's more where this came from, don't you worry — keep scrolling)

...and we're still going, bestie — this is the rest of the cross-refs and honestly it's giving "the whole friend group showed up" 💖 I'm grouping them by vibe so your brain doesn't melt, but every single one is here, no skips, no cap.

the cfg80211_reg_* beaconing girlies

channel switch squad

operating class ↔ chandef converter crew ✨

tdls, bitrate, and the register/unregister trio

fast-transition event

p2p attr + IE splitting/fragmenting icons 🎀

wowlan, crit proto, channel counting

combinations & channel lookups

the "make it stop" section 🛑

ext feature get/set

NAN crew, batch one

auth, pmsr, iftype, come back 🫶

bss flush + the colour-change family 🌈

6 GHz power type + MLO reconfig

channel checks + epcs

NAN crew, batch two (they're back)

debugfs, but make it locked 🔒

S1G frequency helpers

and the final girl herself

that's the whole list, we made it, nobody got left behind 💅✨

and yeah — if a name here looks new, go read that page, because this one is just the hub and these are the spokes, iykyk.

okay that's genuinely the end of the page 🎀 it lives in ./include/net, it's the wdev_priv(9) page, and it's dated October 2026 — so future-dated and still iconic, we love a timestamp that ate. go touch some grass, then go read the cross-refs. mwah 💜

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