@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ properties:
                     description: Max length for a string or a binary attribute.
                     $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
               sub-type: *attr-type
+              # Start genetlink-legacy
+              struct:
+                description: Name of the struct type used for the attribute.
+                type: string
+              # End genetlink-legacy
 
       # Make sure name-prefix does not appear in subsets (subsets inherit naming)
       dependencies:

@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ class NlAttr:
         format, _ = self.type_formats[type]
         return list({ x[0] for x in struct.iter_unpack(format, self.raw) })
 
+    def as_struct(self, members):
+        value = dict()
+        offset = 0
+        for m in members:
+            format, size = self.type_formats[m.type]
+            decoded = struct.unpack_from(format, self.raw, offset)
+            offset += size
+            value[m.name] = decoded[0]
+        return value
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"[type:{self.type} len:{self._len}] {self.raw}"
 

@@ -373,8 +383,11 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
         rsp[attr_spec['name']] = value
 
     def _decode_binary(self, attr, attr_spec):
+        struct_name = attr_spec.get('struct')
         sub_type = attr_spec.get('sub-type')
-        if sub_type:
+        if struct_name:
+            decoded = attr.as_struct(self.consts[struct_name])
+        elif sub_type:
             decoded = attr.as_c_array(sub_type)
         else:
             decoded = attr.as_bin()