STRUCT IEEE80211_HE_OBSS_PD(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so you're looking at struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd from the (9) kernel API manual and honestly? it's giving spatial reuse realness. this little struct is literally the whole vibe of your AP settings for spatial reuse, and we're gonna go through it field by field like we're deep in the group chat at 2am. no cap, every single member is in here. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd — AP settings for spatial reuse 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd {
    bool enable;
    u8 sr_ctrl;
    u8 non_srg_max_offset;
    u8 min_offset;
    u8 max_offset;
    u8 bss_color_bitmap[8];
    u8 partial_bssid_bitmap[8];
 };

look at her. seven whole fields. main character energy, fr fr. 💅

👑 Members 👑

  • enable — is the feature enabled. that's it, that's the whole field. a bool doing the most important job: yes or no, on or off, slay or nay. 🫶
  • sr_ctrl — The SR Control field of SRP element. yes it's a u8, yes it's iconic, yes it holds that SR Control field. 👑
  • non_srg_max_offset — non-SRG maximum tx power offset. not "the" max, the non-SRG max. keep them straight bestie, iykyk. ✨
  • min_offset — minimal tx power offset an associated station shall use. shall, not should. the manual said what it said. 💅
  • max_offset — maximum tx power offset an associated station shall use. the ceiling of the situation. the limit of the limit. 🔥
  • bss_color_bitmap — bitmap that indicates the BSS color values used by members of the SRG. it's a u8 array, 8 of them, living its best bitmap life. 🌈
  • partial_bssid_bitmap — bitmap that indicates the partial BSSID values used by members of the SRG. also u8[8], also doing bitmaps, also absolutely eating. 🍓
side note bestie: both of those bitmaps are literally u8 arrays of size 8 — don't come for me, that's exactly what the page says. 🧚

okay that's the whole struct layout and every member, no details dropped, no fields skipped — part 2 is coming so don't go anywhere 💜

Okay bestie, this is the part where the page just points at everyone else — it's giving "let me introduce you to my entire friend group" energy 😭 and honestly every single one of them is a real one. Nothing skipped, nothing merged, all names exactly as they appear. Let's go 💅

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

Okay so first up: everything lives in the kernel file ./include/net/cfg80211.h, and these are the pages that get you oriented 🧭

  • The starter pack — Introduction(9), Device registration(9)
  • The channel + rate girlies — 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), struct cfg80211_he_bss_color(9)
  • The capability squad (ht, vht, he — yes they went there) — struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap(9), struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap(9), struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap(9)

🌈 the EHT & band-crew aka the newer siblings

🎀 Actions and configuration (yes that's the actual page name, iconic)

💖 survey, crypto, beacon & AP settings

  • enum survey_info_flags(9), struct survey_info(9)
  • crypto + multi-BSSID moment — struct cfg80211_crypto_settings(9), struct cfg80211_mbssid_config(9), struct cfg80211_mbssid_elems(9), struct cfg80211_rnr_elems(9)
  • beacon-adjacent besties — struct cfg80211_beacon_data(9), struct cfg80211_acl_data(9), struct cfg80211_fils_discovery(9), struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp(9), struct cfg80211_s1g_short_beacon(9)
  • AP settings crew — struct cfg80211_ap_settings(9), struct cfg80211_ap_update(9), struct cfg80211_csa_settings(9), struct cfg80211_color_change_settings(9)
  • struct iface_combination_params(9), enum station_parameters_apply_mask(9), struct sta_txpwr(9)
  • link station lineup — struct link_station_parameters(9), struct link_station_del_parameters(9), struct cfg80211_ttlm_params(9)
  • the station structs themselves — struct station_parameters(9), struct station_del_parameters(9), enum cfg80211_station_type(9), cfg80211_check_station_change(9)
  • rate info besties — enum rate_info_flags(9), enum rate_info_bw(9), struct rate_info(9)
  • bss params + stats — 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, mesh, OCB & txq (the niche icons)

  • SAR everything — 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), enum monitor_flags(9)
  • mesh + mpath — 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

  • scan request energy — 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)
  • the BSS roster — 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)
  • auth / assoc / deauth / disassoc — 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)

👑 pmksa, WoWLAN & pattern matching (yes, wowlan, iconic name)

  • struct cfg80211_pmksa(9), struct cfg80211_pkt_pattern(9)
  • WoWLAN fam — 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)
  • misc management faves — 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)

  • NAN conf & channels — 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)
  • NAN funcs — struct cfg80211_nan_func_filter(9), struct cfg80211_nan_func(9)

🫶 pmk, external auth, FTM & PMSR (the measurement girlies)

  • struct cfg80211_pmk_conf(9), struct cfg80211_external_auth_params(9), struct cfg80211_ftm_responder_stats(9)
  • PMSR deep cut — 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 saga (this is the main character arc fr)

  • ops + iface combos — struct cfg80211_ops(9), enum wiphy_flags(9), struct ieee80211_iface_limit(9), struct ieee80211_iface_combination(9)
  • support structs — enum wiphy_wowlan_support_flags(9), struct wiphy_wowlan_support(9), struct wiphy_coalesce_support(9)
  • vendor + opmode — enum wiphy_vendor_command_flags(9), enum wiphy_opmode_flag(9), struct sta_opmode_info(9), struct wiphy_vendor_command(9)
  • ext capa + pmsr capa — struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab(9), cfg80211_get_iftype_ext_capa(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_capabilities(9), struct wiphy_iftype_akm_suites(9)
  • radio structs — struct wiphy_radio_cfg(9), struct wiphy_radio_freq_range(9), struct wiphy_radio(9)
  • NAN capa on the wiphy — enum wiphy_nan_flags(9), struct wiphy_nan_capa(9), struct wiphy(9)

🔥 wiphy lifecycle & work-queue besties

🌈 Utility functions

🎀 Data path helpers

🌸 Regulatory enforcement infrastructure & internal regdb

🦋 scan done, BSS inform & BSS refcounting

💅 RFkill integration, Vendor commands & Test mode

⭐ connect / roam / disconnect pipeline

💖 rx / tx mgmt + control port + CQM + radar + notify squad

And that's the whole friend group, bestie — not a single one left out 🫶✨ (there's more page coming, don't run off yet 💜)

And that's the whole friend group, bestie — every single one of them 💖 Go read the ones you need, and honestly? Respect for making it to the end of this page, that's main character energy fr fr 👑✨

Source lives at ./include/net, dated October 2026, and the page you're on is struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd(9). Screenshot it, cite it, love it 🎀🦋

Ok bye, go touch some grass and then come back to the kernel 🍓💜

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