ENUM WWAN_PORT_TYPE(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 enum wwan_port_type(9) — the WWAN port types page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally just one enum: enum wwan_port_type, which is the whole vibe of "what kind of WWAN port are we even talking about rn". stay with me, it's short and cute.

✨ NAME ✨

enum wwan_port_type — WWAN port types 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, here's the whole thing, verbatim, no cap:

enum wwan_port_type {
    WWAN_PORT_AT ,
    WWAN_PORT_MBIM ,
    WWAN_PORT_QMI ,
    WWAN_PORT_QCDM ,
    WWAN_PORT_FIREHOSE ,
    WWAN_PORT_XMMRPC ,
    WWAN_PORT_FASTBOOT ,
    WWAN_PORT_ADB ,
    WWAN_PORT_MIPC ,
    WWAN_PORT_NMEA ,
    __WWAN_PORT_MAX ,
    WWAN_PORT_MAX ,
    WWAN_PORT_UNKNOWN

};

🎀 CONSTANTS 🎀

okay this is the part where every single one gets its moment. main character energy for all of them, no skipping 💅

  • WWAN_PORT_AT — AT commands. that's it, that's the whole description, and honestly? iconic.
  • WWAN_PORT_MBIM — Mobile Broadband Interface Model control 🌈
  • WWAN_PORT_QMI — Qcom modem/MSM interface for modem control
  • WWAN_PORT_QCDM — Qcom Modem diagnostic interface
  • WWAN_PORT_FIREHOSE — XML based command protocol 🔥
  • WWAN_PORT_XMMRPC — Control protocol for Intel XMM modems
  • WWAN_PORT_FASTBOOT — Fastboot protocol control
  • WWAN_PORT_ADB — ADB protocol control
  • WWAN_PORT_MIPC — MTK MIPC diagnostic interface
  • WWAN_PORT_NMEA — embedded GNSS receiver with NMEA output 🛰️
  • __WWAN_PORT_MAX — Internal use 🙈 (don't touch, it's not for you, it's an internal thing)
  • WWAN_PORT_MAX — Highest supported port types 👑
  • WWAN_PORT_UNKNOWN — Special value to indicate an unknown port type 💀 like when the port won't tell you what it is and you're just standing there

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read these next, they're in the kernel file ./include/linux/wwan.h:

ngl bestie, that's the whole page — every single constant accounted for, nothing dropped, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓

and that's a wrap! this one came from ./include/linux with the version date October 2026, so bookmark it, screenshot it, send it to the group chat. mwah 💜✨

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