TIME EVENTS - WHAT IS IT?(9)

💫 Time Events - what is it? (9) 💫

ok so real talk — this is a Kernel API Manual page about Time Events, and yes, it's lowkey a whole vibe once you get it. let's get into it bestie 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so Time Events are a fw feature, and what they do is let the driver control the presence of the device on the channel. that's the whole thing. 💅

here's the situation: since the fw supports multiple channels concurrently, the fw may choose to jump to another channel at any time. like, whenever. no warning. main character energy fr.

so in order to make sure that the fw is on a specific channel at a certain time and for a certain duration, the driver needs to issue a time event. that's the move. 🎀

ngl the simplest example is for BSS association. the driver issues a time event, waits for it to start, and only then tells mac80211 that we can start the association. this way, we make sure that the association will be done smoothly and won't be interrupted by a channel switch decided within the fw. no interruptions, no chaos, just clean vibes ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check out the Kernel file, it's literally right here:

./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/time-event.h

and the whole friend group of related pages, all iconic, all (9):

• Abstraction to the driver(9)
• iwl_mvm_protect_session(9)
• iwl_mvm_stop_session_protection(9)
• iwl_mvm_rx_roc_notif(9)
• iwl_mvm_start_p2p_roc(9)
• iwl_mvm_stop_roc(9)
• iwl_mvm_remove_time_event(9)
• iwl_mvm_te_clear_data(9)
• iwl_mvm_schedule_csa_period(9)
• iwl_mvm_te_scheduled(9)
• iwl_mvm_schedule_session_protection(9)
• iwl_mvm_rx_session_protect_notif(9)

🦋 okay that's the whole page bestie, slay 🦋

from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... dated October 2026 — Time Events - what is it?(9), periodt 💖