ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout(9)

🌸 ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout(9) ✨ this is a lil function in the ath5k wireless driver and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial" 💅 let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout — sets the ACK timeout on the PCU 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ath5k_hw_set_ack_timeout (struct ath5k_hw *ah , unsigned int timeout
);

so it hands you back an int, takes a struct ath5k_hw * and an unsigned int, and that's the whole vibe 🌈

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ah — The struct ath5k_hw 👑 like, the hardware struct itself, that's your main character right there
• timeout — Timeout in usec ⏱️ yes that's microseconds, no cap

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr — go check these out too 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c
• Protocol Control Unit (PCU) functions(9)
• ACK rates(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_frame_duration(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_default_slottime(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_default_sifs(9)
• ath5k_hw_update_mib_counters(9)
• ath5k_hw_write_rate_duration(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_cts_timeout(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_lladdr(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_bssid(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_bssid_mask(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_mcast_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_rx_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_rx_filter(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_tsf64(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_tsf64(9)
• ath5k_hw_reset_tsf(9)
• ath5k_hw_init_beacon_timers(9)
• ath5k_check_timer_win(9)
• ath5k_hw_check_beacon_timers(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_coverage_class(9)
• ath5k_hw_start_rx_pcu(9)
• ath5k_hw_stop_rx_pcu(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_opmode(9)
• ath5k_hw_pcu_init(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and lowkey iconic 🧚

this one lives over in ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, mark your calendar 💀📅

mwah 💋 go read the PCU functions next, iykyk ⭐