ieee80211_m...tatus_update(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the whole thing, we're fancy like that ✨) and it's about one very specific little function. buckle up, it's short but it eats.

✨ NAME ✨

ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update — updates the buffering status of a neighbor STA 🦋

like, that's the whole job. status update. buffering. neighbor STA. iconic behavior tbh.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(struct sta_info *sta);

returns nothing (void), takes one pointer, does its thing. no notes. 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • sta — a mesh STA 🙈 that's it, that's the description. the mesh station whose status we're updating. main character energy fr fr.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so when does this even get called?? literally only after a change of peering status or non-peer/peer-specific power mode. those are the two vibes that trigger it. the function basically goes "ope, something shifted in your mesh relationship or your power mode situation, lemme refresh your buffering status real quick" 💅✨

no cap, that's the entire description. it's giving "small function, very specific job." obsessed.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./net/mac80211/mesh_ps.c and it's the whole neighborhood, so let's shout out the friends 🫶

go read those next, iykyk 📚💖

🧚 friendly reminder: the manpage gives you literally no extra caveats here, so don't go inventing any. if the source says it, slay; if it doesn't, we don't make it up. periodt. 💀

🌈 big sign-off time, bestie: this little beauty comes to you from ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026, and its page name is exactly ieee80211_m...tatus_update(9) — yes the truncation is part of the lore, don't question it 😭 💖 see you in the next manpage, mwah 🎀🦋✨

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