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/**
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\page driver_wrapper Driver wrapper implementation (driver.h, drivers.c)
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All hardware and driver dependent functionality is in separate C files
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that implement defined wrapper functions. Other parts
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of the hostapd are designed to be hardware, driver, and operating
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system independent.
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Driver wrappers need to implement whatever calls are used in the
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target operating system/driver for controlling wireless LAN
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devices. As an example, in case of Linux, these are mostly some glue
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code and ioctl() calls and netlink message parsing for Linux Wireless
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Extensions (WE). Since features required for WPA were added only recently to
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Linux Wireless Extensions (in version 18), some driver specific code is used
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in number of driver interface implementations. These driver dependent parts
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can be replaced with generic code in driver_wext.c once the target driver
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includes full support for WE-18. After that, all Linux drivers, at
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least in theory, could use the same driver wrapper code.
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*/
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