ENUM IWL_LINK_CTX_PROTECTION_FLAGS(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is a little enum from the iwlwifi firmware API world, and honestly? it's giving "small but mighty" 🎀 it's literally just the flags that tell the link context how to do protection. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum iwl_link_ctx_protection_flags — link protection flags 🛡️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum iwl_link_ctx_protection_flags {
    LINK_PROT_FLG_TGG_PROTECT ,
    LINK_PROT_FLG_HT_PROT ,
    LINK_PROT_FLG_FAT_PROT ,
    LINK_PROT_FLG_SELF_CTS_EN

};

like, that's the whole thing. four flags. she's compact 👑

🎀 Constants 🎀

11g protection when transmitting OFDM frames 😭 this one will require CCK RTS/CTS2self. and the way that RTS/CTS will protect the full burst time?? yeah. full burst. protected. periodt 💅

enable HT protection ✨ that's it, that's the whole vibe.

protect 40 MHz transmissions 🫶 big wide channel needs big wide protection, iykyk.

allow CTS2self 🙈 cute little self-CTS permission slip.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this enum lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/api/mac-cfg.h 📁 and it's surrounded by so many neighbors, here's the full guest list (no skipping, we don't do that here):

  • enum iwl_mac_conf_subcmd_ids(9)
  • struct iwl_p2p_noa_attr(9)
  • struct iwl_probe_resp_data_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_missed_vap_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_channel_switch_start_notif_v1(9)
  • struct iwl_channel_switch_start_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_channel_switch_error_notif_v1(9)
  • struct iwl_channel_switch_error_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_cancel_channel_switch_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_chan_switch_te_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_low_latency_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_client_data(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_p2p_dev_data(9)
  • enum iwl_mac_config_filter_flags(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_wifi_gen_support_v2(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_wifi_gen_support(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_config_cmd_v3(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_nan_data(9)
  • struct iwl_mac_config_cmd(9)
  • enum iwl_link_ctx_modify_flags(9)
  • enum iwl_link_ctx_flags(9)
  • enum iwl_link_modify_bandwidth(9)
  • enum iwl_npca_flags(9)
  • struct iwl_npca_params(9)
  • struct iwl_link_config_cmd(9)
  • enum iwl_fw_sta_type(9)
  • struct iwl_sta_cfg_cmd_v1(9)
  • struct iwl_sta_cfg_cmd_v2(9)
  • struct iwl_sta_cfg_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_aux_sta_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_remove_sta_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_mvm_sta_disable_tx_cmd(9)
  • enum iwl_mvm_fw_esr_recommendation(9)
  • struct iwl_esr_mode_notif_v1(9)
  • enum iwl_esr_leave_reason(9)
  • struct iwl_esr_mode_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_missed_beacons_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_esr_trans_fail_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_twt_operation_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_band_config(9)
  • enum iwl_nan_flags(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_config_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_schedule_cmd_v1(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_schedule_cmd(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_peer_cmd(9)
  • enum iwl_nan_cluster_notif_flags(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_cluster_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_dw_end_notif(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_ulw_attr_notif(9)
  • enum iwl_nan_sched_update_status(9)
  • struct iwl_nan_sched_update_completed_notif(9)

like?? that's a whole friend group 😭😭 go read them, they're iconic.

ngl bestie, this page is from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future energy 🌈⭐ mwah, go protect those frames, ily, bye 💖🧚‍♀️
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