They appear to do the same task? https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/tree/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c#n658 struct nl_msg * nl80211_cmd_msg(struct i802_bss *bss, int flags, uint8_t cmd) { struct nl_msg *msg; msg = nlmsg_alloc(); if (!msg) return NULL; if (!nl80211_cmd(bss->drv, msg, flags, cmd) || nl80211_set_iface_id(msg, bss) < 0) { nlmsg_free(msg); return NULL; } return msg; } static struct nl_msg * nl80211_ifindex_msg_build(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv, struct nl_msg *msg, int ifindex, int flags, uint8_t cmd) { if (!msg) return NULL; if (!nl80211_cmd(drv, msg, flags, cmd) || nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, ifindex)) { nlmsg_free(msg); return NULL; } return msg; } struct nl_msg * nl80211_bss_msg(struct i802_bss *bss, int flags, uint8_t cmd) { return nl80211_ifindex_msg(bss->drv, bss->ifindex, flags, cmd); } Kind regards / Bien cordialement / Met vriendelijke groet Koen Vandeputte _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap