STRUCT CFG80211_CSA_SETTINGS(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for struct cfg80211_csa_settings — channel switch settings. This is the struct that holds the channel-switch settings, and we are gonna walk through every single field, no skips, no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct cfg80211_csa_settings {
    struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
    struct cfg80211_beacon_data beacon_csa;
    const u16 *counter_offsets_beacon;
    const u16 *counter_offsets_presp;
    unsigned int n_counter_offsets_beacon;
    unsigned int n_counter_offsets_presp;
    struct cfg80211_beacon_data beacon_after;
    struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp unsol_bcast_probe_resp;
    bool radar_required;
    bool block_tx;
    u8 count;
    u8 link_id;
};

🎀 Members 🎀

  • chandef — defines the channel to use after the switch. the “where are we going after this” field, basically. ✨
  • beacon_csa — beacon data while performing the switch. it’s the beacon data for the switching moment, and yes it has main character energy. 🦋
  • counter_offsets_beacon — offsets of the counters within the beacon (tail). literally the offsets for the counters inside the beacon (tail). 🔥
  • counter_offsets_presp — offsets of the counters within the probe response. same counter-offset situation, but for the probe response. 💫
  • n_counter_offsets_beacon — number of csa counters the beacon (tail). it tells you how many csa counters the beacon (tail) is working with. 🌸
  • n_counter_offsets_presp — number of csa counters in the probe response. the matching count for the probe response. 🍓
  • beacon_after — beacon data to be used on the new channel. this is the beacon data that comes through on the new channel. 🎀
  • unsol_bcast_probe_resp — Unsolicited broadcast probe response parameters. the parameters for the unsolicited broadcast probe response, periodt. 👑
  • radar_required — whether radar detection is required on the new channel. no guessing here — it says whether radar detection is required on the new channel. 🚨
  • block_tx — whether transmissions should be blocked while changing. it tells you whether transmissions should be blocked while changing. 😭
  • count — number of beacons until switch. the beacons-until-switch count. ⭐
  • link_id — defines the link on which channel switch is expected during MLO. and for the non-MLO case: 0. 🫶

🌈 Description 🌈

Used for channel switch. that’s the whole description, bestie — used for channel switch. iconic, concise, doing exactly what it says on the tin. 💖

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so bestie, this is the part where they dump LITERALLY every single related page on you 😭 and ngl it's a LOT. but it's giving "the syllabus" — every one of these is a real, cited cross-reference, so here they all are, in order, no skips, no cap. 🫶

it all starts at the mama page: the kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h, plus the big intro and the device-registration basics:

🌈 the band / cap / iftype era

this is the "what can this radio even do" cluster — channels, rates, privacy, HT/VHT/HE/EHT/UHR caps, EDMG, S1G, and all the iftype lookups 💅

🎀 actions & configuration (the chandef cinematic universe)

this section is a whole moment — vif params, keys, chandef everything (valid, usable, DFS, primary, NPCA, DBE 🫠), plus AP settings, station params, SAR, mesh/OCB, and txq params. main character energy fr fr ⭐

🔍 scanning & BSS list handling

scan requests, sched scan plans, BSS ies, auth/assoc/deauth/disassoc requests, connect params, WoWLAN stuff, and the whole pmksa + qos fam. obsessed with how many of these there are ngl 💀

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

🧚 NAN + PMSR + external auth era

Neighbor Awareness Networking gets a whole little family here, and then it's PMK conf, external auth, FTM responder stats, PMSR (result / peer / request — a whole trilogy), OWE updates, and mgmt frame regs 🌸

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • struct mgmt_frame_regs(9)

👑 the wiphy section (aka the big one)

struct cfg80211_ops leads, then flags, iface limits/combos, wowlan + coalesce support, vendor command stuff, opmode, ext capab, PMSR capabilities, AKM suites, radio config/freq range/radio, NAN flags + capa, then struct wiphy(9) itself and the whole accessor/lifecycle crew — priv, dev, name, new, register, deref, regdom, unregister, free, lock/unlock, the work queue family, the delayed work family, the hrtimer work family, and finally wireless_dev + wdev helpers 💖

🦋 utility functions

channel <-> freq <-> khz conversions (there are SO many, it's giving "they really covered every direction"), device channel checks, rate lookups, radiotap iterator, and hdrlen helpers 🎀

🌟 data path helpers

8023 conversions, amsdu checks, tunnel proto, mesh hdr stripping, 8021d classification, and the very iconic element-finding family (match / elem / ie / ext / vendor — all of them, iykyk) 🔥

🗺️ regulatory enforcement infrastructure

the "please don't break the law" section 😌 including the internal regulatory db functions — yes, they get called out separately, iconic

📡 scan done / BSS inform / MLME notifications

the "tell userspace what happened" cluster — scan completion, BSS frames, bssid gen, element inheritance, profile merge, get/ref/put/unlink bss, mlme mgmt tx/rx, michael mic failure, ibss joined, new peer candidate. chef's kiss 🤌

🎧 RFkill, vendor commands & test mode

💜 connect / roam / channel / station event notify squad

the "hey userspace, something happened" hall of fame — connect done/bss/result/timeout, roamed, port authorized, disconnected, ready-on-channel, remain-on-channel expired, tx mgmt expired, tid stats alloc + release, new sta, del sta, conn failed, rx mgmt family, tx status family, control port, CQM notifies, radar + CAC, gtk rekey, pmksa candidate, and the spurious/unexpected frame warnings 🙈

bestie that's the entire list, promise — every last reference, nothing cut 💅 and there's still more page coming, so don't go anywhere 🫶

…and the cross-reference section keeps going, bestie, because of course it does 😭 this list is genuinely iconic in length — here's every single one of them, no skips, no cap:

That's the whole list, every last one, nothing dropped 💅 bookmark it, tab through it, live your truth.

And that's a wrap on the page, bestie 🎀 this one lives in ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it's the struct cfg80...csa_settings(9) entry in the Kernel API Manual — go forth and channel-switch responsibly ✨🦋

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