ATH_PCI(4)

💖 ATH_PCI(4) — the ath_pci manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so you opened the ath_pci page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and honestly? you came to the right place. sit down, hydrate, let's talk about this little module. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ath_pci</purl> — Atheros PCI device glue. that's it, that's the whole name. it's giving "supporting role but essential", and we respect it. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

device ath_pci

literally one line. iconic minimalism. no cap. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This module provides the PCI/PCIe bus glue needed for the devices supported by the ath(4) and ath_hal(4) drivers.

translation for the girlies: ath(4) and ath_hal(4) are the ones doing the actual work, and ath_pci is the friend who introduces them to the bus. it's the social glue. the connector. the "omg you two should totally meet" of kernel modules. 🎀

no cap, without it those devices don't get to talk to PCI/PCIe at all. so yeah, lowkey important. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ath(4) 💖
• ath_hal(4) ✨

go read those next, bestie, they're the main characters here and i'm not even being dramatic. 👑

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The ath_pci module first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0. so it's been out here doing its thing since forever, fr fr. ⭐

💀 BUGS 💀

See ath(4) for known bugs.

bestie i need you to know this is not a "we forgot to write bugs" situation, it's a "the bug list lives over there" situation. go check ath(4). 🙈

🧚 a lil sign-off 🧚

this page came to you from Debian, dated May 30, 2011 — yeah, a whole vintage moment, but the tea is still accurate. 💜

now go read ath(4), mwah. 🍓