brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len(9)

💅 brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len 🎀 like yes the function name is a mouthful but she's iconic and honestly kind of a vibe. this one is short and sweet and I'm obsessed 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len — returns defined length for given tlv id. that's it. that's the whole job. she tells you how long a TLV is and she goes home 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len (struct brcmf_fws_info *fws , enum
       brcmf_fws_tlv_type id );

like literally the whole signature, character for character, no notes 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fws — firmware-signalling information. she's the context bestie, the whole firmware-signalling situation, the main character energy of the call ✨
• id — identifier of the TLV. you're like, "which TLV, queen?" and this is how you tell her 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

she gives you back the specified length for the given TLV — the exact length, defined, no guessing, no cap 🔥

but if the TLV id is not giving? otherwise -EINVAL. ngl that's your cue that something went sideways 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
• Firmware Signalling(9)
• enum brcmf_fws_skb_state(9)
• struct brcmf_skbuff_cb(9)
• enum brcmf_fws_txstatus(9)
• struct brcmf_fws_mac_descriptor(9)
• enum brcmf_fws_hanger_item_state(9)
• struct brcmf_fws_hanger_item(9)
• struct brcmf_fws_hanger(9)

like go read the whole friend group, they're all in fwsignal.c together and it's giving found family 🧚💜

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real talk 💀 — this page is tiny, so there's not a lot of lore. everything above is exactly what the manual says and nothing more. no invented behaviour, no extra tips, periodt. if you need the deep lore, the SEE ALSO girlies have it.

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okay that's the page!! sign-off time 🎀 this one comes to you from the source/version line ./drivers/net/wireless/broadco... and it's dated October 2026, and yes she's still brcmf_fws_get_tlv_len(9) all the way at the bottom because she contains multitudes 💖✨🦋 slay, bye bestie!