ENUM IEEE80211_VIF_FLAGS(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum ieee80211_vif_flags — virtual interface flags. Okay so this is enum ieee80211_vif_flags(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the flag menu for mac80211 virtual interfaces. Bestie, it's giving “which special powers does this vif have?” energy. 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the whole enum, exactly as it sits:

enum ieee80211_vif_flags {
    IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_UAPSD ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_GET_NOA_UPDATE ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_EML_ACTIVE ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_IGNORE_OFDMA_WIDER_BW ,
    IEEE80211_VIF_REMOVE_AP_AFTER_DISASSOC

};

🎀 Constants 🎀

  • IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER — the device performs beacon filtering on this virtual interface to avoid unnecessary CPU wakeups. It's giving “please stop waking the CPU for no reason” energy. 😴✨
  • IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI — the device can do connection quality monitoring on this virtual interface — i.e. it can monitor connection quality related parameters, such as the RSSI level and provide notifications if configured trigger levels are reached. Very “I'm watching the vibe check” of it. 📶👀
  • IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_UAPSD — the device can do U-APSD for this interface. This flag should be set during interface addition, but may be set/cleared as late as authentication to an AP. It is only valid for managed/station mode interfaces. Periodt — managed/station mode only. 🫶
  • IEEE80211_VIF_GET_NOA_UPDATE — request to handle NOA attributes and send P2P_PS notification to the driver if NOA changed, even this is not pure P2P vif. Lowkey a whole little request note to the driver. 📝
  • IEEE80211_VIF_EML_ACTIVE — the driver indicates that EML operation is enabled for the interface. Slay, the driver said what it said. 💅
  • IEEE80211_VIF_IGNORE_OFDMA_WIDER_BW — ignore wider bandwidth OFDMA operation on this interface and request a channel context without the AP definition. Use this e.g. because the device is able to handle OFDMA (downlink and trigger for uplink) on a per-AP basis. Ngl, this one is very “don't do the wider-BW thing here” coded. 🚫📡
  • IEEE80211_VIF_REMOVE_AP_AFTER_DISASSOC — indicates that the AP sta should be removed only after setting the vif as unassociated, and not the opposite. Only relevant for STA vifs. Order matters, bestie — not the opposite. 🔁

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file: ./include/net/mac80211.h — okay bestie, here's the full friend group of related pages, no skips:

Mwah 💋✨ sign-off time: this page is from the Kernel API Manual, source ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it's literally enum ieee80211_vif_flags(9). Bestie, you now know the whole flag friend group. 🫶👑

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