rsi_mac80211_add_interface(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so this is rsi_mac80211_add_interface(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨, and it's literally the function that is called when a netdevice attached to the hardware is enabled. That's the whole vibe: netdevice gets enabled, this function gets the call. No cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int rsi_mac80211_add_interface (struct ieee80211_hw *hw , struct
       ieee80211_vif *vif );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — Pointer to the ieee80211_hw structure. That's the hardware struct bestie 💅
• vif — Pointer to the ieee80211_vif structure. That's the virtual interface struct bestie 🦋

💅 RETURN 💅

ret: 0 on success, negative error code on failure. So success is literally 0, and failure hands you a negative error code — that's the tea 🍓

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c

The whole squad:

• rsi_is_cipher_wep(9)
• rsi_register_rates_channels(9)
• rsi_mac80211_detach(9)
• rsi_mac80211_rfkill_exit(9)
• rsi_indicate_tx_status(9)
• rsi_mac80211_tx(9)
• rsi_mac80211_start(9)
• rsi_mac80211_stop(9)
• rsi_mac80211_remove_interface(9)
• rsi_channel_change(9)
• rsi_config_power(9)
• rsi_mac80211_config(9)
• rsi_get_connected_channel(9)
• rsi_mac80211_bss_info_changed(9)
• rsi_mac80211_conf_filter(9)
• rsi_mac80211_conf_tx(9)
• rsi_hal_key_config(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_key(9)
• rsi_mac80211_ampdu_action(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_rts_threshold(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_rate_mask(9)
• rsi_perform_cqm(9)
• rsi_fill_rx_status(9)
• rsi_indicate_pkt_to_os(9)
• rsi_mac80211_sta_add(9)
• rsi_mac80211_sta_remove(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_get_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_attach(9)

Mwah 💖 — footer-sign-off time: this page's source/version is ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi, dated October 2026, and the manual page is rsi_mac80211_add_interface(9). Now go slay that netdevice-enable moment 🫶✨