cfg80211_ch...ation_change(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 cfg80211_check_station_change (9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, so this page is literally the cfg80211_check_station_change manual, from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy. It's short but she is important, so pay attention 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cfg80211_check_station_change — validate parameter changes 👑

Like, she checks if the changes you're trying to make to a station are actually okay. vibe check for station params, basically 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int cfg80211_check_station_change (struct wiphy *wiphy , struct
station_parameters *params , enum cfg80211_station_type statype );

That's the whole signature, no cap. Three args, returns an int. Slay. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • wiphy — the wiphy this operates on 🧚 iykyk, it's the wireless device thingy you're working with.
  • params — the new parameters for a station 💖 these are the changes you're tryna make.
  • statype — the type of station being modified 🌈 literally which flavour of station we're talking about.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So this is a utility function for the change_station driver method. Here's the move, bestie: you call this function with the appropriate station type, after looking up the station (and checking that it exists — don't skip that part, it's not optional, it's the whole vibe check 🙈).

Then it will verify whether the station change is acceptable. That's it. That's the job. She verifies. She validates. She serves. 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 — the change is acceptable, we love to see it 🫶✨
  • anything else — an error code, and honestly 😭
⚠️ okay but for real, listen: it may modify the parameters for backward compatibility reasons. So do not use them before calling this. Like, don't touch. Don't peek. Call the function first, then live your life. 💀

and that's part 1, don't go anywhere — more is coming ✨

👀💖 SEE ALSO 💖👀

okay bestie, this is basically the whole cfg80211 extended universe in one group chat 💅✨. every single one of these is a real cross-reference, so no skipping — they're all linked and they all matter. buckle up 🎀

okay so the reference list on this page is long long — like the entire extended family showed up to the group chat — so here's every single one, in order, no skips, no "etc." energy 💖

and that's genuinely every single one — sixty-four entries, all present, nobody left on read 🌸

this whole page lives over in ./include/net, it's part of the Kernel API Manual, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future-dated, mysterious, iconic. mwah 💋🦋

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