ath5k_hw_nic_reset(9)

💅 ath5k_hw_nic_reset — a manual page, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ath5k_hw_nic_reset(9) ✨ this is the little function that hits the reset button on the various chipset units, and honestly? she's giving quiet main character energy 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_nic_reset — reset the various chipset units 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ath5k_hw_nic_reset (struct ath5k_hw *ah , u32 val );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw itself, the whole vibe, the main character 🫶
• val — a mask that tells us which units we're resetting, iykyk 💅

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea ☕ to reset the various chipset units we need to write the mask into AR5K_RESET_CTL and then poll the register until all the flags are cleared. literally just write, poll, watch the flags disappear ✨

it returns 0 if we are O.K. — or -EAGAIN (from athk5_hw_register_timeout) if it times out 😭

ngl, that -EAGAIN is the "she's not coming back yet" of return codes 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/reset.c — reset function and helpers(9) ⭐
• ath5k_hw_register_timeout(9)
• ath5k_hw_htoclock(9)
• ath5k_hw_clocktoh(9)
• ath5k_hw_init_core_clock(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_sleep_clock(9)
• ath5k_hw_wisoc_reset(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_power_mode(9)
• ath5k_hw_on_hold(9)
• ath5k_hw_nic_wakeup(9)
• ath5k_hw_tweak_initval_settings(9)
• ath5k_hw_commit_eeprom_settings(9)
• ath5k_hw_reset(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 sign-off time: this one lives in ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, dated October 2026, no cap 🧚‍♀️ go forth and reset responsibly 🔥