RFKILL INTEGRATION(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌈 RFkill integration 🌈

okay so bestie, welcome to the RFkill integration page from the Kernel API Manual — that's the RFkill integration(9) one, and it's giving “short but iconic” energy. 💖

RFkill integration in cfg80211 is almost invisible to drivers, and honestly? slay. No cap — cfg80211 automatically registers an rfkill instance for every wireless device it knows about. Soft kill is also translated into disconnecting and turning all interfaces off. Drivers are expected to turn off the device when all interfaces are down. periodt. 💅

But not every device is that easy — some may have a hard RFkill line, and in that case they also need to interact with the rfkill subsystem, via cfg80211. They can do this with a few helper functions documented here. that's the tea for part one, and those helper functions are literally where the main character energy kicks in ✨

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

okay bestie, brace yourself, because this SEE ALSO is not a little snack — it's a whole buffet 😭 the rfkill page links out to basically the entire cfg80211/802.11 universe, and I'm not skipping a single one. Every last reference is down here, grouped so your brain doesn't melt. Buckle in 🎀

  • Kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h — the actual home base, plus Introduction(9) and Device registration(9) 💖

the channel / rate / BSS-type fundamentals ✨

  • enum ieee80211_channel_flags(9), struct ieee80211_channel(9), enum ieee80211_rate_flags(9), enum ieee80211_bss_type(9), enum ieee80211_privacy(9), struct ieee80211_rate(9)
  • struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd(9), struct cfg80211_he_bss_color(9)

capability structs, one per flavor of Wi-Fi, no cap 🌈

  • struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap(9), struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap(9), struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap(9)
  • struct ieee80211_eht_mcs_nss_supp(9), struct ieee80211_sta_eht_cap(9), struct ieee80211_sta_uhr_cap(9)

band + iftype data, the whole set 🦋

actions & configuration era 👑

  • Actions and configuration(9), struct vif_params(9), struct key_params(9), struct cfg80211_chan_def(9)
  • struct cfg80211_tid_cfg(9), struct cfg80211_tid_config(9), struct cfg80211_fils_aad(9), struct cfg80211_set_hw_timestamp(9)

the chandef extended cinematic universe 💀 (this one's long, hydrate first)

AP-mode glow-up material 🎀

  • enum survey_info_flags(9), struct survey_info(9), struct cfg80211_crypto_settings(9)
  • struct cfg80211_mbssid_config(9), struct cfg80211_mbssid_elems(9), struct cfg80211_rnr_elems(9), struct cfg80211_beacon_data(9)
  • struct cfg80211_acl_data(9), struct cfg80211_fils_discovery(9), struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp(9), struct cfg80211_s1g_short_beacon(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ap_settings(9), struct cfg80211_ap_update(9), struct cfg80211_csa_settings(9), struct cfg80211_color_change_settings(9)
  • struct iface_combination_params(9)

stations, links, rates, and the stats pile 🫶

  • enum station_parameters_apply_mask(9), struct sta_txpwr(9), struct link_station_parameters(9), struct link_station_del_parameters(9), struct cfg80211_ttlm_params(9)
  • struct station_parameters(9), struct station_del_parameters(9), enum cfg80211_station_type(9), cfg80211_check_station_change(9)
  • enum rate_info_flags(9), enum rate_info_bw(9), struct rate_info(9), enum bss_param_flags(9), struct sta_bss_parameters(9)
  • struct cfg80211_txq_stats(9), struct cfg80211_tid_stats(9), struct link_station_info(9), struct station_info(9)
  • struct cfg80211_sar_sub_specs(9), struct cfg80211_sar_specs(9), struct cfg80211_sar_freq_ranges(9), struct cfg80211_sar_capa(9)
  • cfg80211_get_station(9), enum monitor_flags(9), enum mpath_info_flags(9), struct mpath_info(9)
  • enum wiphy_bss_param_flags(9), struct bss_parameters(9), struct mesh_config(9), struct mesh_setup(9), struct ocb_setup(9), struct ieee80211_txq_params(9)

scanning & BSS list handling, iykyk ✨

  • 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)

wiphy params, PMKSA, and the whole wowlan/coalesce corner 🌸

  • 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, PMSR, external auth — the niche icons 👑

  • Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)(9), struct cfg80211_nan_band_config(9), struct cfg80211_nan_conf(9), struct cfg80211_nan_channel(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_local_sched(9), struct cfg80211_nan_peer_map(9), struct cfg80211_nan_peer_sched(9), enum cfg80211_nan_conf_changes(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_func_filter(9), struct cfg80211_nan_func(9), struct cfg80211_pmk_conf(9), struct cfg80211_external_auth_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ftm_responder_stats(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_result(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_result(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_request_peer(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_request_peer(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_update_owe_info(9), struct mgmt_frame_regs(9)

the ops table + wiphy flags + iface combos, main character energy fr 💅

  • struct cfg80211_ops(9), enum wiphy_flags(9), struct ieee80211_iface_limit(9), struct ieee80211_iface_combination(9)
  • enum wiphy_wowlan_support_flags(9), struct wiphy_wowlan_support(9), struct wiphy_coalesce_support(9)
  • enum wiphy_vendor_command_flags(9), enum wiphy_opmode_flag(9), struct sta_opmode_info(9), struct wiphy_vendor_command(9)
  • struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab(9), cfg80211_get_iftype_ext_capa(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_capabilities(9), struct wiphy_iftype_akm_suites(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio_cfg(9), struct wiphy_radio_freq_range(9), struct wiphy_radio(9), enum wiphy_nan_flags(9), struct wiphy_nan_capa(9), struct wiphy(9)

wiphy lifecycle: priv, dev, register, locks, and all the work-queue girlies 🧚

Utility functions ✨ (channel math, rates, header lengths, all the little helpers)

Data path helpers 🦋 (conversions, AMSDU, element finding, RNR)

Regulatory enforcement infrastructure 🌈 (+ the internal regdb stuff)

scan done / BSS inform / get-put-ref / assoc-failure notification squad 🫶

and these three are literally the rfkill icons of this very page, periodt 💀💖

Vendor commands 💅

Test mode 🎀

connect / roam / disconnect + the notification flood, no cap 🌊

okay bestie, final part, and it's literally just the rest of the cross-references — the whole extended cinematic universe 💅. No new concepts, no new behaviour, just go read these next, they're all (9) so they live in the same kernel-doc galaxy 🌌

and that's the whole page, bestie, we ate 🍽️💖 every single one of these lives in ./include/net with a date of October 2026, and the page itself is RFkill integration(9) — ngl, iconic name, would read again. slay, go unix, bye 🦋✨👑

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