NetworkManager/src
Thomas Makin bb0a26e906 wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band
Until now the Wi-Fi bands were named after the first 802.11 standard
that introduced them: "a" for 5GHz introduced in 802.11a and "bg" for
2.4GHz introduced in 802.11b/g. With new bands added, this naming
scheme doesn't sound very intuitive to remember for users. Furthermore
we have now 6GHz that is introduced by 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), but the
compatible devices can use all three the bands (2.4, 5, 6 GHz).

For the 6 GHz band, simply name it "6GHz".

Co-authored-by: Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@redhat.com>
2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
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c-list c-list: re-import git-subtree for 'src/c-list' 2022-07-19 09:02:36 +02:00
c-rbtree c-rbtree: re-import git-subtree for 'src/c-rbtree' 2022-11-23 18:00:31 +01:00
c-siphash c-siphash: re-import git-subtree for 'src/c-siphash' 2022-11-23 18:00:33 +01:00
c-stdaux c-stdaux: re-import git-subtree for 'src/c-stdaux' 2023-03-03 13:40:38 +01:00
contrib contrib/nm-vpn-plugin-utils: add nm_vpn_plugin_utils_get_cert_path() 2025-07-09 15:06:51 +02:00
core wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnm-base connectivity: add per-device check-connectivity setting 2025-12-02 10:04:20 +01:00
libnm-client-aux-extern nmcli: add support for managing wireguard peers 2025-06-16 13:20:02 +02:00
libnm-client-impl wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnm-client-public libnm, nmcli: introduce new "prefix-delegation" setting 2025-04-02 11:21:59 +02:00
libnm-client-test typo fix: allows to -> allows one to 2025-03-26 19:22:01 +01:00
libnm-core-aux-extern nmcli: add support for managing wireguard peers 2025-06-16 13:20:02 +02:00
libnm-core-aux-intern wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnm-core-impl wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnm-core-intern core,libnm-core: introduce property flag for certificate and keys 2025-12-12 12:38:50 +01:00
libnm-core-public wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnm-crypto Updated code format 2024-04-08 06:35:20 +00:00
libnm-glib-aux libnm-glib-aux: add temp name argument to nm_utils_file_set_contents() 2025-10-22 09:56:39 +02:00
libnm-lldp format: run nm-code-format 2024-10-04 11:07:35 +02:00
libnm-log-core all: code format 2025-05-13 11:43:33 +02:00
libnm-log-null all: add some README.md files describing the purpose of our sources 2021-08-19 17:51:11 +02:00
libnm-platform mptcp: add 'laminar' endpoint support 2025-11-19 12:54:09 +00:00
libnm-std-aux std-aux: use _nm_strerror_r 2025-12-12 15:07:53 +01:00
libnm-systemd-core dhcp6: fix accessor macro for t2 2025-07-23 11:00:13 +02:00
libnm-systemd-shared systemd: selectively backport "Fix constness issues with newer glibc" 2025-12-04 11:51:28 +00:00
libnm-udev-aux nm-udev-utils: constify strstr-output variable 2025-12-04 11:51:28 +00:00
libnmc-base wwan: retry after no operator code 2025-10-10 08:16:57 -04:00
libnmc-setting wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
libnmt-newt nmtui: handle write() errors correctly in nmt_newt_edit_string 2024-06-28 10:58:11 +00:00
linux-headers mptcp: add 'laminar' endpoint support 2025-11-19 12:54:09 +00:00
n-acd n-acd: re-import git-subtree for 'src/n-acd' 2025-10-22 20:09:16 +02:00
n-dhcp4 n-dhcp4: re-import git-subtree for 'src/n-dhcp4' 2025-10-22 20:09:41 +02:00
nm-cloud-setup cloud-setup: configure disconnected wired devices on OCI 2025-04-11 11:44:05 +02:00
nm-compat-headers all: add src/nm-compat-headers for patching included system headers 2022-09-23 11:43:33 +02:00
nm-dispatcher all: code format 2025-05-13 11:43:33 +02:00
nm-helpers libnm: add function to copy a certificate or key as user 2025-12-12 12:43:15 +01:00
nm-initrd-generator initrd: remove const qualifier from temporary variable 2025-12-04 11:51:28 +00:00
nm-online all: use NM_MAX() instead of MAX() 2023-11-15 09:32:21 +01:00
nmcli wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
nmtui wifi: add support for new "6GHz" band 2026-01-15 17:38:40 +01:00
tests meson: specify project version with the -dev and -rc suffixes 2026-01-07 10:25:56 +00:00
meson.build helpers: move helper programs to the same directory 2025-12-12 12:38:48 +01:00
README.md nm-sudo: rename to nm-priv-helper 2022-01-11 21:46:55 +01:00

src/

Most of the subdirectories are static helper libraries, which get linked into one of the final build artifacts (like libnm, nmcli or NetworkManager). Static libraries are internal API.

The only public API is libnm, which is a shared library provided client implementations.

Our own clients (like nmcli and nmtui) also use libnm, the shared library. But they also use additional static helper libraries.

The daemon statically links against a part of libnm, the part that provides connection profiles. That is libnm-core. libnm-core is thus statically linked with libnm and the daemon. It does not get linked by clients that already link with libnm (like nmtui).

Read the individual README.md files in the subdirectories for details:

Directory Description
core/ the NetworkManager daemon
nmcli/ nmcli application, a command line client for NetworkManager
nmtui/ nmtui application, a text UI client for NetworkManager
nm-cloud-setup/ service to automatically configure NetworkManager in cloud environment
nm-initrd-generator/ generates NetworkManager configuration by parsing kernel command line options for dracut/initrd
nm-dispatcher/ NetworkManager-dispatcher service to run user scripts
nm-online/ application which checks whether NetworkManager is done, for implementing NetworkManager-wait-online.service
nm-priv-helper/ internal service for privileged operations
nm-daemon-helper/ internal helper binary spawned by NetworkManager
libnm-std-aux/ internal helper library for standard C
libnm-glib-aux/ internal helper library for glib
libnm-log-null/ internal helper library with dummy (null) logging backend
libnm-log-core/ internal helper library with logging backend (syslog) used by daemon
libnm-base/ internal helper library with base definitions
libnm-platform/ internal helper library for netlink and other platform/kernel API
libnm-udev-aux/ internal helper library for libudev
libnm-core-public/ public API of libnm (libnm-core part)
libnm-core-intern/ internal API of libnm-core, used by libnm and daemon
libnm-core-impl/ implementation of libnm-core
libnm-core-aux-intern/ internal helper library on top of libnm-core (used by libnm-core itself)
libnm-core-aux-extern/ internal helper library on top of libnm-core (not used by libnm-core)
libnm-client-public/ public API of libnm (NMClient part)
libnm-client-impl/ implementation of libnm (NMClient)
libnm-client-aux-extern/ internal helper library on top of libnm (not used by libnm itself)
libnmc-base/ internal helper library for libnm clients
libnmc-setting/ internal helper library for setting connection profiles (used by nmcli)
libnmt-newt/ internal helper library for libnewt for nmtui
linux-headers/ extra Linux kernel UAPI headers
contrib/ sources that are not used by NetworkManager itself
tests/ unit tests that are not specific to one of the other directories
libnm-client-test/ internal helper library with test utils for libnm
c-list/ fork of c-util helper library for intrusive, doubly linked list
c-rbtree/ fork of c-util helper library for intrusive Red-Black Tree
c-siphash/ fork of c-util helper library for SIPHash24
c-stdaux/ fork of c-util general purpose helpers for standard C
n-acd/ fork of nettools IPv4 ACD library
n-dhcp4/ fork of nettools DHCPv4 library
libnm-systemd-core/ fork of systemd code as network library
libnm-systemd-shared/ fork of systemd code as general purpose library