ath5k_hw_ge...ult_slottime(9)

💅 ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime — like, the whole vibe ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (kernel developer's manual, iykyk), and today's main character is ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime, aka the function that tells you the default slot time for whatever mode you're currently in. no cap, that's literally it, and she ate 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime — get the default slot time for the current mode 🎀

like, current mode, bestie. she's reading the mode, not guessing. periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned int ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime (struct ath5k_hw *ah );

she takes one thing, she gives you back an unsigned int. simple, iconic, no drama 🦋

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw. that's your hardware handle, your little ath5k bestie, the whole reason she knows what mode you're in 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the group chat, and everyone's invited, nobody gets left on read:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c — Protocol Control Unit (PCU) functions(9)
• ACK rates(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_frame_duration(9) ⭐
• ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs(9) — her sister, she's also iconic
• 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)

💀 real talk: that's twenty-five function refs plus the file, so don't @ me if you skim. they're all in the PCU corner of ath5k and they're all worth a read, ngl.

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okay bye bestie, go read the PCU functions, they're lowkey fascinating ✨

this page lives at ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, dated October 2026, and yes it's ath5k_hw_ge...ult_slottime(9) — the header truncates her name but we love her anyway 🎀💜