---
name: "cfg80211_roamed"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-manual-3.16"
version: "3.16.56-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cfg80211_roamed"
---

# cfg80211\_roamed(9)

notify cfg80211 of roaming

## NAME

cfg80211\_roamed - notify cfg80211 of roaming

## SYNOPSIS

**void cfg80211\_roamed(struct net\_device \*** *dev***, struct ieee80211\_channel \*** *channel***, const u8 \*** *bssid***, const u8 \*** *req\_ie***, size\_t** *req\_ie\_len***, const u8 \*** *resp\_ie***, size\_t** *resp\_ie\_len***, gfp\_t** *gfp***);**

## ARGUMENTS

*dev*

network device

*channel*

the channel of the new AP

*bssid*

the BSSID of the new AP

*req\_ie*

association request IEs (maybe be **NULL**)

*req\_ie\_len*

association request IEs length

*resp\_ie*

association response IEs (may be **NULL**)

*resp\_ie\_len*

assoc response IEs length

*gfp*

allocation flags

## DESCRIPTION

It should be called by the underlying driver whenever it roamed from one AP to another while connected.

## AUTHOR

**Johannes Berg** \<johannes@sipsolutions.net\>

Author.

## COPYRIGHT