OPERATIONAL MODE - WHAT IS IT ?(9)

🦋 Operational mode - what is it ? 🦋

okay so this is Kernel API Manual business, section 9, and the title is literally Operational...what is it ?(9) — yes bestie, that’s the whole name, and we are diving in 😭💖

The operational mode (a.k.a. op_mode) is the layer that implements mac80211's handlers. It knows two APIs: mac80211's and the fw's. It uses the transport API to access the HW. The op_mode doesn't need to know how the underlying HW works, since the transport layer takes care of that. 🫶✨

There can be several op_mode: i.e. different fw APIs will require two different op_modes. This is why the op_mode is virtualized. periodt 💅👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h 📁
• Life cycle of the Operational mode(9) 🔄
• enum iwl_fw_error_type(9) 🐛
• enum iwl_fw_error_context(9) 🧚
• struct iwl_fw_error_dump_mode(9) 💾
• struct iwl_op_mode_ops(9) 🛠️
• struct iwl_op_mode(9) 👑

xoxo bestie, this iconic little page comes courtesy of ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and it’s dated October 2026, with all the Kernel API Manual energy — Operational...what is it ?(9) forever, no cap 💖✨🎀