ath5k_hw_set_opmode(9)

💖 ath5k_hw_set_opmode(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — it's the one that tells you how to set the PCU operating mode on an ath5k wireless chip. lowkey iconic driver energy, come learn with me 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ath5k_hw_set_opmode — set the PCU operating mode, bestie. that's it, that's the function 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ath5k_hw_set_opmode (struct ath5k_hw *ah , enum nl80211_iftype
op_mode );

yes she takes two things and returns an int, we love a tidy little signature 🎀

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw. like, the hardware struct, the whole vibe, the main character of the ath5k show 👑
• op_mode — one of enum nl80211_iftype. pick your mode, girl, but it's gotta be one of those ones 💀

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the whole point of this function: it configures the PCU for the various operating modes (AP/STA etc). that's the whole description. short and slay, no filler, periodt ✨

ngl, "et cetera" is doing a lot of heavy lifting at the end of that sentence, but that's what the manpage says and we respect the source fr fr 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long, so buckle up buttercup, every single one is here because we don't skip entries in this house 🫡

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c — literally the file she lives in, go read it 💖
• 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_ack_timeout(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_pcu_init(9)

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🧚 little reminder bestie: this page is sourced from ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, and it's dated October 2026. ship it, cite it, cite it correctly 💜

okay that's the whole page, you ate that, go configure some PCU operating modes 💅✨🌸