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Of particular interest here is the ieee80211_radiotap(9) man page. TODO: Flesh out ieee80211_node.9, ieee80211_proto.9. Submitted by: bms (with help from Darron Broad)
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Bruce M. Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $Id: ieee80211.9,v 1.5 2004/03/04 12:33:27 bruce Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd March 2, 2004
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.Dt ieee80211 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ieee80211
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.Nd core 802.11 network stack functions
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In net80211/ieee80211_var.h
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.In net80211/ieee80211_proto.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn ieee80211_ifattach "struct ifnet *ifp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach "struct ifnet *ifp"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn ieee80211_mhz2ieee "u_int freq" "u_int flags"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn ieee80211_chan2ieee "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct ieee80211_channel *c"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn ieee80211_ieee2mhz "u_int chan" "u_int flags"
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.Fa int
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.Fn ieee80211_media_change "struct ifnet *ifp"
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.Fa void
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.Fn ieee80211_media_status "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct ifmediareq *imr"
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.Ft void
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.Fn ieee80211_watchdog "struct ifnet *ifp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ieee80211_setmode "struct ieee80211com *ic" "enum ieee80211_phymode mode"
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.Ft enum ieee80211_phymode
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.Fn ieee80211_chan2mode "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct ieee80211_channel *chan"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ieee80211_rate2media "struct ieee80211com *ic" "int rate" "enum ieee80211_phymode mode"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ieee80211_media2rate "int mword"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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collection of functions are used to manage wireless network interfaces in the
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system which use the system's software 802.11 network stack.
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Most of these functions require that attachment to the stack is performed
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before calling.
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Several utility functions are also provided; these are safe to call from
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any driver without prior initialization.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_ifattach
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function attaches the network interface
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.Fa ifp
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to the 802.11 network stack layer.
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This function must be called before using any of the
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.Nm
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functions which need to store driver state across invocations;
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The
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.Vt struct ifnet
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instance pointed to by
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.Fa ifp
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MUST be an instance of
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.Vt struct ieee80211com ,
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with various fields initialized to tell
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.Nm
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about its capabilities.
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This function performs Ethernet and BPF attachment (by calling
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.Fn ether_ifattach
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and
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.Fn bpfattach2 )
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on behalf of the caller.
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It also implements the
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.Vt ifmedia
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interface.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach
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function frees any
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.Nm
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structures associated with the driver, and performs Ethernet and BPF
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detachment on behalf of the caller.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_mhz2ieee
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utility function converts the frequency
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.Fa freq
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(specified in MHz) to an IEEE 802.11 channel number.
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The
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.Fa flags
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argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in
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the 2GHz ISM band (
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.Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ )
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or the 5GHz band (
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.Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ ) ;
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appropriate clipping of the result is then performed.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_chan2ieee
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function converts the channel specified in
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.Fa *c
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to an IEEE channel number for the driver
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.Fa ic .
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If the conversion would be invalid, an error message is printed to the
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system console.
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This function REQUIRES that the driver is hooked up to the
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.Nm
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subsystem.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_ieee2mhz
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utility function converts the IEEE channel number
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.Ft chan
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to a frequency (in MHz).
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The
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.Fa flags
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argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in
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the 2GHz ISM band (
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.Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ )
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or the 5GHz band (
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.Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ ) ;
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appropriate clipping of the result is then performed.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_media_init
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function initializes media data structures used by the
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.Vt ifmedia
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interface, for the driver
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.Fa ifp .
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It must be called by the driver after calling
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.Fn ieee80211_attach
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and before calling most
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.Nm
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functions.
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The
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.Fa media_change
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and
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.Fa media_stat
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arguments specify helper functions which will be invoked by the
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.Vt ifmedia
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framework when the user changes or queries media options,
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using a command such as
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_media_status
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and
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.Fn ieee80211_media_change
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functions are device-independent handlers for
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.Vt ifmedia
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commands and are not intended to be called directly.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_watchdog
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function is intended to be called from a driver's
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.Vt if_watchdog
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routine.
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It is used to perform periodic cleanup of state within the software 802.11
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stack, as well as timing out scans.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_setmode
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function is called from within the 802.11 stack to change the mode
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of the driver's PHY; it is not intended to be called directly.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_chan2mode
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function returns the PHY mode required for use with the channel
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.Fa chan
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on the device
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.Fa ic .
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This is typically used when selecting a rate set, to be advertised in
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beacons, for example.
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.Pp
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.\"
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_rate2media
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function converts the bit rate
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.Fa rate (
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measured in units of 0.5Mbps) to an
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.Vt ifmedia
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sub-type, for the device
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.Fa ic
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running in PHY mode
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.Fa mode .
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The
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.Fn ieee80211_media2rate
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performs the reverse of this conversion, returning the bit rate (in 0.5Mbps
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units) corresponding to an
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.Vt ifmedia
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sub-type.
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.Pp
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.\"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ifnet 9
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.Xr ieee80211_crypto 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_input 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_ioctl 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_node 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_output 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_proto 9 ,
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.Xr ieee80211_radiotap 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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series of functions first appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 ,
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and were later ported to
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.Fx 4.6 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page was written by
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.An Bruce M. Simpson Aq bms@FreeBSD.org
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and
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.An Darron Broad Aq darron@kewl.org .
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