ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs(9)

💅 ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs(9) — like, the kernel API manual, bestie 💅

okay so real talk, this is one of those pages from the ath5k chapter of the kernel API manual — Kernel API Manual, to be exact — and it's short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic for it. We're talking about the SIFS getter. Yes. Her. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs — grabs the default SIFS for whatever mode you're currently in, no cap 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs (struct ath5k_hw *ah );

That's it. One argument. One return. She's lowkey minimal and honestly? Slay. ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw, aka the hardware thingy you're passing in. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay bestie, this is the part where I introduce you to the whole friend group. Prepare yourself, there's like a lot of them and they're all kind of the same genre of nerd:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c Protocol Control Unit (PCU) functions(9) — yeah, the file where all this lives, and the PCU crew in general 🌈
• ACK rates(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_frame_duration(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime(9)
• ath5k_hw_update_mib_counters(9)
• ath5k_hw_write_rate_duration(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_cts_timeout(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_lladdr(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_bssid(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_bssid_mask(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_mcast_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_rx_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_rx_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_tsf64(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_tsf64(9)
• ath5k_hw_reset_tsf(9)
• ath5k_hw_init_beacon_timers(9)
• ath5k_check_timer_win(9)
• ath5k_hw_check_beacon_timers(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_coverage_class(9)
• ath5k_hw_start_rx_pcu(9)
• ath5k_hw_stop_rx_pcu(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_opmode(9)
• ath5k_hw_pcu_init(9)

like, that's the entire group chat right there. mwah. 💜

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ngl there's not a whole lot else on this page — no options, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no bugs section. She said "I contain exactly what I contain" and honestly? Respect. 🙈

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 — this lil page comes to you courtesy of ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, dated October 2026. go forth and get those default SIFS values, you absolute main character 🧚‍♀️💫🔥