ENUM BATADV_FORW_MODE(9)

💅 enum batadv_forw_mode(9) ✨

okay so real talk, bestie — this is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of those little pages that's short but matters, because it's the whole vibe check for how batman-adv decides what to do with a packet. no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum batadv_forw_mode — literally "the way a packet should be forwarded as". that's it. that's the whole job. it's giving traffic director energy 👑

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

enum batadv_forw_mode {
    BATADV_FORW_BCAST ,
    BATADV_FORW_UCASTS ,
    BATADV_FORW_MCAST ,
    BATADV_FORW_NONE

};

look at her. four little constants, all main character, all doing their own thing. 🎀

✨ Constants ✨

• BATADV_FORW_BCAST — forward the packet to all nodes via a batman-adv broadcast packet. everybody gets it, no one's left out, group-chat-blast energy fr fr 📢
• BATADV_FORW_UCASTS — forward the packet to some nodes via one or more batman-adv unicast packets. so like, a curated list. exclusive. invite-only. one or more packets though, so don't get it twisted 💌
• BATADV_FORW_MCAST — forward the packet to some nodes via a batman-adv multicast packet. same "some nodes" situation, but bundled up in a single multicast packet — efficient queen behavior honestly 👑
• BATADV_FORW_NONE — don't forward, drop it. not me, not the packet, we're done here. it gets zero forwarding and that's the whole story 💀🗑️

ngl the difference between BATADV_FORW_UCASTS and BATADV_FORW_MCAST is just how the "some nodes" get it — one or more unicast packets vs. a multicast packet. read it carefully, bestie, don't mix them up 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/multicast.h — yeah, go look, that's where the lore lives 📚✨

and that's the page!! 🫶 source: ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — slay, bye, go read your kernel headers 💜🌈⭐