ath5k_hw_reset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ath5k_hw_reset(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is ath5k_hw_reset(9) — literally the main character of ath5k reset functions ✨ no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

ath5k_hw_reset — the main reset function. she resets. that's the whole vibe. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ath5k_hw_reset (struct ath5k_hw *ah , enum nl80211_iftype op_mode ,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel , bool fast , bool skip_pcu );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ah — the struct ath5k_hw, aka the card itself. hi bestie 🫶
  • op_mode — one of enum nl80211_iftype. pick one, any one 💅
  • channel — the struct ieee80211_channel. the vibe destination 📡
  • fast — enable fast channel switching. zoom zoom ⚡
  • skip_pcu — skip pcu initialization. we're skipping it, fr fr 🙈

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so basically this is the function we call every single time we want to (re)initialize the card and pass new settings to hw. it's giving fresh start energy ✨

we ALSO call it when hw runs into trouble, to make it come back to a working state. like the ultimate glow-up arc for a struggling network card 😭💖 iconic behavior honestly.

returns 0 on success, -EINVAL on false op_mode or channel infos, or -EIO on failure. so like, 0 = slay, the other two = not slay 💀

ngl bestie, peep those error codes — -EINVAL means your op_mode or channel infos were false, and -EIO means it just failed. know the difference, iykyk.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie 🎀 big thank you to the source at ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k and to the version tag ath5k_hw_reset(9), dated October 2026 — she's timeless, she's iconic, she's resettable. mwah 💋💜

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