ENUM IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 enum ieee80211_bss_type — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that one), and it's about a lil enum called enum ieee80211_bss_type. bestie. it's literally just the BSS type filter. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

enum ieee80211_bss_type — the BSS type filter 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole thing, look at her go:

enum ieee80211_bss_type {
    IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_ESS ,
    IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_PBSS ,
    IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_IBSS ,
    IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_MBSS ,
    IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_ANY

};

no cap, that's it. five constants, zero drama (well, okay, a little drama, keep reading) 💅

🧚 CONSTANTS 🧚

these are the actual members of the enum, one by one, no skipping, we don't do that here 🫶

  • IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_ESS — the Infrastructure BSS. that's the classic "there's an AP and everyone's hanging out with it" situation 👑
  • IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_PBSS — the Personal BSS. it's giving personal, it's giving private little setup 🎀
  • IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_IBSS — the Independent BSS. no AP needed, the group chat runs itself, main character energy fr fr 🌈
  • IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_MBSS — the Mesh BSS. everybody's connected to everybody, it's a whole web of friendship 🔥
  • IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_ANY — the wildcard value for matching any BSS type. she doesn't filter, she accepts everyone, iconic behavior honestly 👑✨

part 1 done bestie — more incoming, don't touch that dial 🦋

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

bestie. sit down. 🫶 this is the part of the page where it just… lists everyone. and i mean everyone. the whole friend group. the entire extended family at the reunion. it is giving "my mom made me invite my entire class to my birthday". 😭

and before we start: everything here traces back to the kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h — that's the source of truth for this whole page, periodt. 💅

okay, deep breath. here's the guest list:

and yeah — that's where it cuts off, because the list literally keeps going. 😭 keep scrolling, bestie, we're not done yet.

…and the SEE ALSO list keeps rolling, bestie — it’s giving infinite scroll but make it kernel docs 💅. Every one of these is part of the cross-reference crew, so here’s the whole lineup, no cap:

That’s the whole cross-ref squad, periodt 🌈✨.

and for the cute little footer moment: this page’s home base is ./include/net, it’s dated October 2026, and the whole page is literally titled enum ieee80211_bss_type(9) — iconic, fr fr 💖🎀🫶

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