reg_process_hint_driver(9)

💖 reg_process_hint_driver(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're doing kernel docs today, and yes you're gonna slay it. this one's about reg_process_hint_driver, and it's literally the function that handles regulatory requests coming from drivers. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

reg_process_hint_driver — process driver regulatory requests 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum reg_request_treatment reg_process_hint_driver (struct wiphy *wiphy
, struct regulatory_request *driver_request );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap. two arguments, one return, very demure 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• wiphy — the wireless device for the regulatory request 📶 like, which radio are we talking about here
• driver_request — a pending driver regulatory request 🗂️ the request itself, just chilling there waiting to be processed

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so the wireless subsystem can use this function to process a regulatory request issued by an 802.11 driver. that's it, that's the whole vibe — it's the entry point for driver-originated regulatory hints, and the kernel hands it off here to deal with. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns one of the different reg request treatment values — i.e. an enum reg_request_treatment, so the caller knows exactly how the request got treated. periodt 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./net/wireless/reg.c
• Wireless regulatory infrastructure(9)
• enum reg_request_treatment(9)
• freq_in_rule_band(9)
• regdom_intersect(9)
• reg_process_hint_core(9)
• reg_process_hint_user(9)
• reg_process_hint_country_ie(9)

all the regulatory besties in one place, iykyk 🌈

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ngl if you're deep in ./net/wireless you already know what's up — go read reg.c, it's giving main character energy 🌸

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and that's the page bestie!! 🧚 source/version info: this one lives under ./net/wireless, dated October 2026 — and it's reg_process_hint_driver(9) signing off, mwah 💜✨