ath5k_hw_on_hold(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the ath5k_hw_on_hold(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this one is literally about putting the device on hold, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ath5k_hw_on_hold (struct ath5k_hw *ah );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ah — The struct ath5k_hw. That’s the one and only argument, bestie 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Put MAC and Baseband on warm reset and keep that state — and by “keep” I mean do not clean the sleep control register. 🙈 After this, MAC and Baseband are disabled and a full reset is needed to come back. The way this works is we save as much power as possible without putting the card on full sleep. Lowkey iconic power-saving behavior ✨

Returns 0 on success or -EIO on error 💀

🌸 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_nic_reset(9)
• ath5k_hw_wisoc_reset(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_power_mode(9)
• ath5k_hw_nic_wakeup(9)
• ath5k_hw_tweak_initval_settings(9)
• ath5k_hw_commit_eeprom_settings(9)
• ath5k_hw_reset(9)

signing off with source/version ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k and date October 2026 🫶✨