ENUM IEEE80211_MESH_PATH_PROTOCOL(9)

💅 enum ieee80211_mesh_path_protocol(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — we're doing mesh networking today and honestly? it's giving main character energy. this page is about enum ieee80211_mesh_path_protocol, aka the mesh path selection protocol identifier. no cap, that's literally the whole vibe. 🦋

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🌸 NAME 🌸

enum ieee80211_mesh_path_protocol — the mesh path selection protocol identifier, periodt. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so here's the whole thing, laid out exactly like this:

enum ieee80211_mesh_path_protocol {
    IEEE80211_PATH_PROTOCOL_HWMP ,
    IEEE80211_PATH_PROTOCOL_VENDOR

};

like, that's it. two constants. short and iconic. 🎀

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🫶 Constants 🫶

okay so these are the constants and you're gonna want to know both of them, bestie:

• IEEE80211_PATH_PROTOCOL_HWMP — this one is the default path selection protocol. the OG. the blueprint. it's giving "I was here first" energy. 👑
• IEEE80211_PATH_PROTOCOL_VENDOR — a vendor specific protocol, and here's the thing: it will be specified in a vendor specific information element. iykyk. 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go look at the kernel file ./include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h — that's where this enum lives, bestie. and while you're in there, here's the whole friend group:

• enum ieee80211_preq_flags(9)
• enum ieee80211_preq_target_flags(9)
• struct ieee80211_mesh_chansw_params_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_meshconf_ie(9)
• enum mesh_config_capab_flags(9)
• struct ieee80211_rann_ie(9)
• enum ieee80211_mesh_sync_method(9)
• enum ieee80211_mesh_path_metric(9)
• enum ieee80211_root_mode_identifier(9)

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fr fr, read the whole little mesh family, they all hang out together in the same header 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 — sourced straight out of ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes the manual name in the corner is enum ieee80...ath_protocol(9) because the page header couldn't fit the whole thing and honestly same, relatable. 🧚‍♀️✨🍓