ENUM NL802154_CCA_MODES(9)

✨ enum nl802154_cca_modes(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — today's main character is enum nl802154_cca_modes, and ngl it's giving "small enum, big feelings." this page is literally just the CCA modes, and we're gonna walk through every single one together, no skipping, no cap 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum nl802154_cca_modes — cca modes 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum nl802154_cca_modes {
    __NL802154_CCA_INVALID ,
    NL802154_CCA_ENERGY ,
    NL802154_CCA_CARRIER ,
    NL802154_CCA_ENERGY_CARRIER ,
    NL802154_CCA_ALOHA ,
    NL802154_CCA_UWB_SHR ,
    NL802154_CCA_UWB_MULTIPLEXED ,
    __NL802154_CCA_ATTR_AFTER_LAST ,
    NL802154_CCA_ATTR_MAX

};

like, yes, the blank line before the closing brace is real and we are keeping it ✨

🎀 Constants 🎀

here's the whole squad, one by one 💅

• __NL802154_CCA_INVALID — cca mode number 0 is reserved 💀 so like, don't even try to use it, it's not that girl.
• NL802154_CCA_ENERGY — Energy above threshold ⚡ energy detection vibes only.
• NL802154_CCA_CARRIER — Carrier sense only 📡 just listening for the carrier, that's it, that's the whole mode.
• NL802154_CCA_ENERGY_CARRIER — Carrier sense with energy above threshold 🔥 the combo meal: both checks, together.
• NL802154_CCA_ALOHA — CCA shall always report an idle medium 😌✨ yes, always — it's gonna tell you the medium is idle no matter what. iconic, honestly.
• NL802154_CCA_UWB_SHR — UWB preamble sense based on the SHR of a frame 🦋
• NL802154_CCA_UWB_MULTIPLEXED — UWB preamble sense based on the packet with the multiplexed preamble 🌈
• __NL802154_CCA_ATTR_AFTER_LAST — Internal 🙈 that's it, that's the description, it's internal, we don't ask questions.
• NL802154_CCA_ATTR_MAX — Maximum CCA attribute number 👑 the ceiling, the limit, the final boss of attribute numbers.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, bestie, they're all in the same friend group 🫶

• Kernel file ./include/net/nl802154.h enum
• nl802154_wpan_phy_capability_attr(9)
• enum nl802154_coord(9)
• enum nl802154_scan_types(9)
• enum nl802154_scan_done_reasons(9)
• enum nl802154_cca_opts(9)
• enum nl802154_supported_bool_states(9)

and that's the page!! 💖 straight out of ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it's literally enum nl802154_cca_modes(9) — slay, go forth and configure your CCA modes responsibly 🧚‍♀️⭐