ieee80211_ra..._range_valid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ieee80211_radio_freq_range_valid (9) — Kernel API Manual, section 9 ✨

okay so like, welcome to the function name that ate 💅 yes it's long, yes it's serving, and yes we're gonna get through it together bestie. This one lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and ngl it's a short little baddie — it just checks a thing and tells you yes or no. Lowkey iconic for that.

💖 NAME 💖

ieee80211_radio_freq_range_valid — check if the radio supports the specified frequency range 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool ieee80211_radio_freq_range_valid(const struct wiphy_radio *radio,
                                      u32 freq, u32 width);

so it takes three things and gives you back a bool, periodt ✨

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • radio — the wiphy radio in question, like, the actual radio bestie, a struct wiphy_radio pointer 🫶
  • freq — the frequency (in KHz) you're asking about 👀 yes, KHz, don't come at me
  • width — the bandwidth (in KHz) you're asking about 🎀 also KHz, matching energy

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it returns whether or not the given frequency range is valid for the given radio — so true if the radio can do that freq + width combo, false if it's giving "no ma'am" 💀 that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🔥

bestie this is only part 1 of 3, don't go anywhere, there's more coming 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so this is the SEE ALSO section, and it is long — like, “who invited every single cfg80211 symbol” long 😭💖 it’s basically the extended universe of wireless config pages, and bestie, we are not skipping a single one. every reference is here, in order, no cap. take a sip of water, stretch your thumbs, and let’s scroll 🫶✨

…and the extended fam keeps going, because of course it does. Genuinely, the SEE ALSO list on this one has main character energy — so here's the rest of the squad, grouped so your brain doesn't short-circuit 🫶

the regulatory / beaconing girlies 🌸

channel + operating class math, aka the conversion pipeline 🧚

misc networking housekeeping ✨

fast transition + P2P + IE parsing 🎀

wakeup + crit proto + channel counting 🔥

combinations + radio lookup + stopping things 👑

wiphy feature flags ⭐

the entire NAN cinematic universe (part one) 🦋

auth, PMSR, and the assoc girlies 💜

BSS flush + the whole colour-change saga 🌈

6 GHz + MLO era 🌸

channel checks + EPCS ✨

NAN, the sequel 🧚

debugfs, locked and loaded 🔥

S1G frequency shenanigans 🦋

and the final boss 👑

Like, that's sixty-four cross-references. Sixty-four!! Obsessed with the commitment, honestly. Every single one of them links back into the same kernel API manual fam, so if you're lost in the source tree at 3 a.m., you're in good company 💀💖

okay bestie, that's a wrap on the whole page 🎀 ngl it's a long one, but you made it — slay. This lil doc lives in ./include/net and it's dated October 2026, and yeah, that's the same date stamped on ieee80211_ra..._range_valid(9) itself. So go forth, vibe-check your ranges, and remember: range validation is literally self-care 💅✨🫶

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