ath5k_hw_radio_revision(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ath5k_hw_radio_revision(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ath5k_hw_radio_revision(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one is short and sweet but she's important, so let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_radio_revision — Get the PHY Chip revision 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u16 ath5k_hw_radio_revision (struct ath5k_hw *ah , enum nl80211_band
band );

that's the whole signature, no cap 🧚

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ah — The struct ath5k_hw 👑 this is the hardware struct, she's the main character of the whole call
  • band — One of enum nl80211_band 🌈 (yes "one of", you pick which band, iykyk)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the revision number of a 2GHz, 5GHz or single chip radio ✨ that's it, that's the function. she reads the revision number and hands it back to you, periodt 💅

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

okay this part is a whole friend group 💀 literally everyone showed up, let's list them all because they all matter 🫶

💡 heads up: these all live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c

PHY related functions(9) — the whole squad:

RF Gain optimization(9) — the gain girls 🔥:

the radio/channel crew 📻:

PHY Calibration routines(9) — calibrate bestie, calibrate 💅:

Antenna control(9) — antenna girlies 🎀:

the power-curve math besties 📐:

Power to PCDAC table functions(9) — table slay 💅:

Power to PDADC table functions(9) — yes there's a second table, she's PDADC, not PCDAC, don't mix them up 🙈:

Per-rate tx power setting(9) — tx power icon behavior 🔥:

and last but never least, the final boss herself:

🌈 the cute sign-off 🌈

this page is served fresh from ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k 🦋 dated October 2026 — that's the source and the date, bestie, so you know exactly where this came from 💜 and that's the whole page!! you ate that, go read your radio revisions 👑✨

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