ath5k_hw_pro...10_rx_status(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 ath5k_hw_proc_5210_rx_status(9) 🎀

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — like, the official Linux kernel docs energy — and it's all about one lil' internal function. no cap, it's shorter than your Situationship's attention span, so let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_proc_5210_rx_status — literally the function that processes the rx status descriptor on 5210/1. that's it, that's the vibe 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ath5k_hw_proc_5210_rx_status (struct ath5k_hw *ah , struct
       ath5k_desc *desc , struct ath5k_rx_status *rs );

it returns an int, it takes three pointers, and it's giving "I'm internal, don't @ me" 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ah — The struct ath5k_hw. that's the hardware struct, bestie, the main character of the whole driver 👑
  • desc — The struct ath5k_desc. the descriptor itself, walking in looking iconic 💖
  • rs — The struct ath5k_rx_status. the rx status struct where all the tea gets reported ☕

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is an internal function, meaning it's not out here for public consumption — it's the backstage crew 😌. its whole job is processing an RX status descriptor on the AR5210/5211 MAC. that's the assignment, and it ate 🔥

it returns 0 on success — slay — or -EINPROGRESS in case we haven't received the whole frame yet. yeah, sometimes the frame hasn't fully arrived and she's just like "not yet babes, check back later" 💀

ngl, -EINPROGRESS is basically the "he's typing…" of kernel return codes 🙈

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/desc.c — yeah, that's where she lives 🏠

and then the whole friend group of Hardware descriptor functions(9), all of them linked below so you can go down the rabbit hole:

all of them are right there, iykyk 🦋

okay bye bestie, this page lives at ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, she's ahead of her time ⭐💜

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