rsi_mac80211_sta_add(9)

🌸 rsi_mac80211_sta_add(9) — kernel API manual energy 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the rsi_mac80211_sta_add(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is a little function that literally tells the driver "hey, a peer just connected", no cap. it's giving matchmaker energy for wireless peers 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

rsi_mac80211_sta_add — this function notifies the driver about a peer getting connected. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it slayfully 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int rsi_mac80211_sta_add (struct ieee80211_hw *hw , struct ieee80211_vif
*vif , struct ieee80211_sta *sta );

yup, copy that exactly, we do not edit code in this house 🙈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the ieee80211_hw structure. iconic hardware representation vibes 👑
• vif — Pointer to the ieee80211_vif structure. capital P, we respect her ✨
• sta — Pointer to the ieee80211_sta structure. the peer in question, main character energy fr fr ⭐

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 on success 🎉 — and negative error codes on failure 😭 (yes, plural, there are multiple ways to catch an L).

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, no one left out 🫶 first up, the kernel file where she lives:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
• 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_add_interface(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_remove(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_get_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_attach(9)

go read all of them, iykyk 🔥

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lowkey a reminder bestie: rsi_mac80211_sta_remove(9) is right there in the list too — add and remove, the full cycle, we love balance 🧚

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and that's the page!! brought to you by the lovely people over at ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi, dated October 2026, version vibes intact 🍓 mwah, go notify some drivers about your peers 💖✨🎀