ENUM RATE_INFO_FLAGS(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to enum rate_info_flags(9) from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨ this is the enum for bitrate info flags, and it's genuinely giving "small but iconic" energy 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum rate_info_flags {
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_VHT_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_DMG ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_HE_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EDMG ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EXTENDED_SC_DMG ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EHT_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_S1G_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_ELR_MCS ,
    RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_IM

};

🎀 Constants 🎀

okay so these are the constants, and yes every single one matters — no skipping, no skimming, we're doing the whole lineup 💅

  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_MCS — the mcs field is filled with HT MCS, periodt ✨
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_VHT_MCS — the mcs field is filled with VHT MCS, no cap 🦋
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI — 400ns guard interval, slay that timing detail 🎀
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_DMG — 60GHz MCS, iconic 60GHz behavior 👑
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_HE_MCS — HE MCS information, literally what it says 💜
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EDMG — 60GHz MCS in EDMG mode, yes bestie, EDMG mode 🌸
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EXTENDED_SC_DMG — 60GHz extended SC MCS, extended and SC and DMG, all the letters 🌈
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EHT_MCS — EHT MCS information, EHT girlies rise 🔥
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_S1G_MCS — the MCS field is filled with S1G MCS, noted and stored 🫶
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_MCS — UHR MCS information, UHR era behavior ⭐
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_ELR_MCS — UHR ELR MCS was used, and it gets set together with RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_MCS 👀
  • RATE_INFO_FLAGS_UHR_IM — UHR Interference Mitigation was used, mitigation moment 💀

🦋 Description 🦋

So the driver uses this whole enum to indicate the specific rate transmission type for 802.11n transmissions 💖 that's the vibe: it's a driver-side "hey, this is the exact rate transmission type" situation for 802.11n, and the flags above are how it says it ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where the page hands you the entire friend group 💅 like genuinely, this is the cross-reference section and it goes off. Every single one of these is a (9) page living in the same kernel-docs universe, and yes, we're listing all of them because we don't do half-finished over here.

First up, the origin story — everything on this page lives in this file, and if you haven't read the intro besties yet, start there:

  • Kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h, plus Introduction(9) and Device registration(9)

🦋 channels, rates & the basics

  • enum ieee80211_channel_flags(9), struct ieee80211_channel(9), enum ieee80211_rate_flags(9), enum ieee80211_bss_type(9), enum ieee80211_privacy(9), struct ieee80211_rate(9)

✨ the capability era (ht → vht → he → eht → uhr, she ate)

🎀 Actions and configuration

💜 station stuff (the whole roster)

  • enum station_parameters_apply_mask(9), struct sta_txpwr(9), struct link_station_parameters(9), struct link_station_del_parameters(9), struct cfg80211_ttlm_params(9), struct station_parameters(9), struct station_del_parameters(9), enum cfg80211_station_type(9), cfg80211_check_station_change(9)
  • rate/station info, aka the receipts: enum rate_info_bw(9), struct rate_info(9), enum bss_param_flags(9), struct sta_bss_parameters(9), struct cfg80211_txq_stats(9), struct cfg80211_tid_stats(9), struct link_station_info(9), struct station_info(9)
  • SAR crew: struct cfg80211_sar_sub_specs(9), struct cfg80211_sar_specs(9), struct cfg80211_sar_freq_ranges(9), struct cfg80211_sar_capa(9), cfg80211_get_station(9)
  • monitor/mpath/bss-params/mesh/ocb, the deep cuts: enum monitor_flags(9), enum mpath_info_flags(9), struct mpath_info(9), enum wiphy_bss_param_flags(9), struct bss_parameters(9), struct mesh_config(9), struct mesh_setup(9), struct ocb_setup(9), struct ieee80211_txq_params(9)

🔥 Scanning and BSS list handling

  • 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)
  • connect/auth/assoc, the whole situationship pipeline: 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)

🌸 wowlan, keys & qos (power-save besties)

  • 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)

🧚 Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)

  • 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)
  • auth + ranging era: 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)

👑 ops, wiphy flags & everything wiphy-adjacent

⭐ Utility functions

🫶 Data path helpers

🌈 Regulatory enforcement infrastructure

🦋 scan + BSS notification besties

💅 mlme mgmt & events

🎀 RFkill integration

💖 Vendor commands

💀 Test mode

🍓 connect / roam / channel-stay notifications

🙈 station bookkeeping & mgmt tx/rx

fr fr that's the whole list — if a name from the top of the page didn't show up here, that's not on us, that's just how the doc was shipped 💜

okay bestie, this is the last stretch and honestly it's just the guest list 🎀 these are all the other man pages that run with this one — every single (9) page it points you at. pull them up when you're done here, they're lowkey the whole wireless cinematic universe 💖

okay and here come the IE-splitting icons, they ate fr fr 🌈

and now the NAN block shows up 🫧 not me getting excited, it's just a lot of them, periodt:

then we slide into the 6 GHz / MLO era ✨ main character energy only:

and the deep-lore finale 👑 debugfs girlies plus the S1G and incumbent-signal icons:

that's a wrap on the whole page, bestie 💜 nothing skipped, nothing merged, every single reference is right there for you to go read. this one calls ./include/net home 🏠, it's the enum rate_info_flags(9) page, and it's stamped October 2026 🌸 go forth and configure responsibly, ily ✨💅🫶

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