rsi_load_radio_caps(9)

💅 rsi_load_radio_caps(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-functions girlies 💫), and today's main character is rsi_load_radio_caps. yes the title is literally the name, we been knew, but let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

rsi_load_radio_caps — this function is used to send radio capabilities values to firmware. that's it. that's the whole gig. it's giving "messenger who tells the radio what it's allowed to do" 📡💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int rsi_load_radio_caps(struct rsi_common *common);

like, one argument, one return type, no drama. iconic of her honestly 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• common — Pointer to the driver private structure. yes it's called common, yes it's the driver's whole private little world, no we don't ask questions 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• corresponding negative error code on failure 😭 (not a cute error code, a negative one — that's how the kernel says "bestie, no")

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the friend group, and they're a LOT, so buckle up:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mgmt.c — the home base, where the source lives 🏠
• rsi_set_default_parameters(9)
• rsi_set_contention_vals(9)
• rsi_send_internal_mgmt_frame(9)
• rsi_mgmt_pkt_to_core(9)
• rsi_hal_send_sta_notify_frame(9)
• rsi_send_aggregation_params_frame(9)
• rsi_program_bb_rf(9)
• rsi_set_vap_capabilities(9)
• rsi_hal_load_key(9)
• rsi_send_reset_mac(9)
• rsi_band_check(9)
• rsi_set_channel(9)
• rsi_send_radio_params_update(9)
• rsi_compare(9)
• rsi_map_rates(9)
• rsi_send_auto_rate_request(9)
• rsi_inform_bss_status(9)
• rsi_eeprom_read(9)
• rsi_send_block_unblock_frame(9)
• rsi_send_rx_filter_frame(9)
• rsi_set_antenna(9)
• rsi_handle_ta_confirm_type(9)
• rsi_mgmt_pkt_recv(9)

that's twenty-three besties plus a file path. the whole group chat showed up to the function call, no cap 💀✨

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ngl, if you finished this page you basically know the entire rsi radio-capabilities situation. go read the SEE ALSO girlies next, they all ate 🍓

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and that's the tea, bestie 🧚💖 this lil page comes from ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled rsi_load_radio_caps(9) — so if you cite her, cite her correctly, periodt 💅