ath5k_hw_write_initvals(9)

✨ ath5k_hw_write_initvals(9) ✨

okay bestie, buckle up — this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about waking a chip up and handing it its little starter pack 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ath5k_hw_write_initvals — writes the initial chip-specific register dump, no cap

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ath5k_hw_write_initvals(struct ath5k_hw *ah, u8 mode, bool skip_pcu);

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw, aka the whole vibe of the hardware we're working with 🫶
• mode — one of enum ath5k_driver_mode, pick your era bestie
• skip_pcu — skip the PCU registers. yes, that's the whole bit. iconic of them honestly 😭

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way this works is: it writes the initial chip-specific register dump 📝✨ The whole point is to get the chipset into a clean, ready-to-work state after a warm reset. like, fresh fit, fresh mindset, ready to slay 🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/initvals.c
• struct ath5k_ini(9)
• struct ath5k_ini_mode(9)
• ath5k_hw_ini_registers(9)
• ath5k_hw_ini_mode_registers(9)

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ngl the structs and the other _ini_ functions are your besties for this one — go read them, iykyk 💀

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and that's the whole page, periodt 👑 This one lives in ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k and the page itself is dated October 2026 💖 mwah, go write some initvals bestie 🎀✨