ENUM HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTRIBUTES(9)

💖 enum hwsim_rate_info_attributes(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally the cheat sheet for enum hwsim_rate_info_attributes, and it’s giving “rate info but make it netlink” energy 💅✨.

✨ NAME ✨

enum hwsim_rate_info_attributes — bitrate information. That’s the whole name vibe, no cap 🎀.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum hwsim_rate_info_attributes {
    __HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_INVALID ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_FLAGS ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_MCS ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_LEGACY ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_NSS ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_BW ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_GI ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_DCM ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_RU_ALLOC ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_N_BOUNDED_CH ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_EHT_GI ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_EHT_RU_ALLOC ,
    NUM_HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTRS ,
    HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_MAX

};

lowkey this enum is the main character — every constant below is part of the lineup 👑

🎀 Constants 🎀

• __HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_INVALID — reserved, netlink attribute 0 is invalid 🚫
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_FLAGS — bitflag of flags from enum rate_info_flags 🚩
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_MCS — mcs index if struct describes an HT/VHT/HE rate ✨
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_LEGACY — bitrate in 100kbit/s for 802.11abg 🧓
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_NSS — number of streams (VHT & HE only) 🌊
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_BW — bandwidth (from enum rate_info_bw) 📶
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_GI — HE guard interval (from enum nl80211_he_gi) 🛡️
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_DCM — HE DCM value 💫
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_HE_RU_ALLOC — HE RU allocation (from enum nl80211_he_ru_alloc, only valid if bw is RATE_INFO_BW_HE_RU) 🧩
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_N_BOUNDED_CH — In case of EDMG the number of bonded channels (1-4) 🔗
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_EHT_GI — EHT guard interval (from enum nl80211_eht_gi) 🛡️
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_EHT_RU_ALLOC — EHT RU allocation (from enum nl80211_eht_ru_alloc, only valid if bw is RATE_INFO_BW_EHT_RU) 🧩
• NUM_HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTRS — internal 🙈
• HWSIM_RATE_INFO_ATTR_MAX — highest attribute number 👑

🌈 Description 🌈

Information about a receiving or transmitting bitrate that can be mapped to struct rate_info 💖. That’s the whole plot, bestie — receive rate, transmit rate, mapped to the struct, periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.h and the whole friend group:

• enum hwsim_tx_control_flags(9)
• Frame transmission/registration support(9)
• enum hwsim_commands(9)
• enum hwsim_attrs(9)
• struct hwsim_tx_rate(9)
• enum hwsim_tx_rate_flags(9)
• struct hwsim_tx_rate_flag(9)
• Frame transmission support over virtio(9)
• enum hwsim_vqs(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./drivers/net/wireless/virtual, dated October 2026, and the footer title is enum hwsim_...o_attributes(9). go forth and slay those bitrate attributes, bestie 🫶🌈