WLAN_AMRR(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

💅 WLAN_AMRR — the wlan_amrr(4) page, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, the manual name you're looking at is wlan_amrr, and it lives in the Kernel Interfaces Manual section 4. That's the whole header, consider it folded in and slayed ✨. Now sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

wlan_amrr — AMRR rate adaptation algorithm support for 802.11 devices. that's the vibe. that's the whole thing. she supports the devices, she adapts the rates, she does it well 💖.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

device wlan_amrr

literally just that one line, no cap. that's how you summon her into your kernel config 🫶.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ — the wlan_amrr module implements the Adaptive Multi-Rate Retry tx rate control algorithm. yes, that's AMRR, the acronym was right there the whole time, iykyk 💅.

and who is she for? she's for use by 802.11 device drivers. that's it, that's her whole job description, and she's iconic for it 👑.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the friend group, in alphabetical order because we're classy like that:

go say hi to all of them, they're all gonna be hanging out together 🌈.

🧚 STANDARDS 🧚

bestie, if you want the real deep lore — like the actual academic paper describing the AMRR algorithm — it's right here, and you can absolutely go read it:

http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00070784/en/

more information can be found in that paper, fr fr 📚✨.

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the wlan_amrr driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. she's been around a minute, she's got seniority, she's a main character with a backstory 💀💖.

lowkey a tiny page but every single detail is here, don't come for me 🙈

okay and finally the cute sign-off: this little slice of manpage goodness comes to you from Debian, dated April 13, 2008 🎀 — yes that's the footer, yes i mentioned it, yes we're done. bye bestie, go configure your kernel 💅✨💜

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