ENUM IEEE80211_PRIVACY(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ enum ieee80211_privacy(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for enum ieee80211_privacy(9) and honestly it's a short one but it's important, so pay attention 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

enum ieee80211_privacy — the BSS privacy filter, aka the little vibe check that decides whether a BSS is giving "locked down" or "open to literally anyone" 🔐

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum ieee80211_privacy {
    IEEE80211_PRIVACY_ON ,
    IEEE80211_PRIVACY_OFF ,
    IEEE80211_PRIVACY_ANY

};

like… look at her. three constants. no notes. iconic 👑

🌸 Constants 🌸

these are the three members of the enum, and each one is a different mood for your privacy filter 🫶

  • IEEE80211_PRIVACY_ON — privacy bit set ✨ (the BSS is privacy-on, periodt)
  • IEEE80211_PRIVACY_OFF — privacy bit clear 🌈 (privacy-off, no cap)
  • IEEE80211_PRIVACY_ANY — the wildcard value for matching any privacy setting 🎯 like, doesn't matter if it's on or off, this one matches everything, iykyk
ngl the wildcard one is the main character here — IEEE80211_PRIVACY_ANY is literally "idc, match whatever" and that's such a mood 💀

more coming bestie, don't go anywhere 🧚

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay bestie, this is the part of the page where it stops explaining and just drops the whole bibliography on you 💀 and like… it's a lot. it's giving "my README has 400 badges" energy. but every single one of these is a real page you can go read, so we're listing them all, no skips, no cap ✨

  • kernel file — ./include/net/cfg80211.h

that file is the whole reason this list exists, iykyk 🫶 and here's the first batch, the band-and-capability girlies:

next up: the configuration zone. this is the main character stretch of the list, genuinely the biggest vibe check here 💅

okay and now scanning + BSS handling, aka the "how do I even find a network" corner 🌸

  • 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)
  • 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 time 🦋 (Neighbor Awareness Networking, not your grandma — although honestly both are iconic):

  • 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)

and here comes the wiphy section, which lowkey ate and left no crumbs 👑

utility functions, the little helpers that just make everything work 🧚

data path helpers, where the actual packets get handled — very "I'm the one doing the work here" energy 😭🔥

regulatory enforcement infrastructure 🌈 — the "please don't transmit illegally" squad:

internal regulatory db functions (yes, internal, yes, still listed, we don't gatekeep 🙈):

and then a big chunk of scan/BSS/MLME internals — this is the deep lore, stay with me 🫶

RFkill integration ⭐ — the "airplane mode but make it kernel" pages:

vendor commands, aka the "my driver has extra features, ask me how" collection 🎀:

test mode 🧪 — literally what it says:

connect/roam/disconnect notifications, the whole "we're in a relationship… we're not" saga 💔:

and the last stretch — rx/tx status, CQM notifications, radar, CAC, GTK rekey, and friends 🍓:

that's the whole cross-reference pile for this chunk, and there's more page coming right up — don't wander off 🫶💜

…and the SEE ALSO list keeps going, bestie, because of course it does. Here's the rest of the family reunion — all of them live in the cfg80211 / mac80211 world, all of them are (9), and all of them are iconic in their own way 💅

🛰️ regulatory & channel-switch girlies

📻 operating class math (she's good at this)

🎀 TDLS, bitrate, and registration errands

🧚 FT, P2P & IE splitting

⭐ WoWLAN, critical protocol & channel counting

🌸 combinations & interface control

🦋 NAN (neighbor awareness, not the bread)

💜 auth, PMSR & OWE

🎀 BSS flush & colour change era

🧚 MLO & scheduling

🌈 debugfs, S1G & the incumbent

okay that's the whole list, bestie, we made it to the end 🫶

This page comes from ./include/net in the kernel docs, and it's dated October 2026, officially titled enum ieee80211_privacy(9) — so like, one (1) enum, sixty-plus SEE ALSO entries, zero chill. Slay. Enjoy your privacy check, mwah 💖✨🎀

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