ath5k_write_...l_powertable(9)

🌸 ath5k_write_channel_powertable(9) — the "set the power table for the current channel on the hw" one 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the kernel API manual, section 9, and the function we're stanning today is literally called ath5k_write_channel_powertable. it's giving "wireless driver internals" and honestly? iconic. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ath5k_write_channel_powertable — sets the power table for the current channel on the hw. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ath5k_write_channel_powertable (struct ath5k_hw *ah , u8 ee_mode ,
u8 type );

like yes, it returns void — nothing comes back, it just does the thing. main character energy fr fr. 🫶

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• ah — the struct ath5k_hw. it's the hardware handle, the whole personality of the chip basically. 😭
• ee_mode — one of enum ath5k_driver_mode. pick your mode, bestie. 🌈
• type — one of enum ath5k_powertable_type (from eeprom.h). yes, the header matters, iykyk. 📌

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this is the part where the manpage flexes its whole friend group. every single one of these, no skips, no substitutions 💀:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c
• PHY related functions(9)
• ath5k_hw_radio_revision(9)
• ath5k_channel_ok(9)
• ath5k_hw_chan_has_spur_noise(9)
• ath5k_hw_rfb_op(9)
• ath5k_hw_write_ofdm_timings(9)
• ath5k_hw_phy_disable(9)
• ath5k_hw_wait_for_synth(9)
• RF Gain optimization(9)
• ath5k_hw_rfgain_opt_init(9)
• ath5k_hw_request_rfgain_probe(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf_gainf_corr(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf_check_gainf_readback(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf_gainf_adjust(9)
• ath5k_hw_gainf_calibrate(9)
• ath5k_hw_rfgain_init(9)
• ath5k_hw_rfregs_init(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5110_chan2athchan(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5110_channel(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5111_chan2athchan(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5111_channel(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5112_channel(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf2425_channel(9)
• ath5k_hw_channel(9)
• PHY Calibration routines(9)
• ath5k_hw_read_measured_noise_floor(9)
• ath5k_hw_init_nfcal_hist(9)
• ath5k_hw_update_nfcal_hist(9)
• ath5k_hw_get_median_noise_floor(9)
• ath5k_hw_update_noise_floor(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf5110_calibrate(9)
• ath5k_hw_rf511x_iq_calibrate(9)
• ath5k_hw_phy_calibrate(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_spur_mitigation_filter(9)
• Antenna control(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_def_antenna(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_fast_div(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_antenna_switch(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_antenna_mode(9)
• ath5k_get_interpolated_value(9)
• ath5k_get_linear_pcdac_min(9)
• ath5k_create_power_curve(9)
• ath5k_get_chan_pcal_surrounding_piers(9)
• ath5k_get_rate_pcal_data(9)
• ath5k_get_max_ctl_power(9)
• Power to PCDAC table functions(9)
• ath5k_fill_pwr_to_pcdac_table(9)
• ath5k_combine_linear_pcdac_curves(9)
• ath5k_write_pcdac_table(9)
• Power to PDADC table functions(9)
• ath5k_combine_pwr_to_pdadc_curves(9)
• ath5k_write_pwr_to_pdadc_table(9)
• ath5k_setup_channel_powertable(9)
• Per-rate tx power setting(9)
• ath5k_setup_rate_powertable(9)
• ath5k_hw_txpower(9)
• ath5k_hw_set_txpower_limit(9)
• ath5k_hw_phy_init(9)

like… the way this function has so many friends? highkey social butterfly behavior. 🔥👑

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ngl if you're reading the docs for a wireless PHY driver at 2am, that's a vibe and i respect it. stay hydrated bestie 🍓💜

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and that's the page!! source lives at ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under ath5k_write_...l_powertable(9) — yes the header really does truncate the name like that, we don't make the rules 😭💀 slay, go set that power table ✨💅