rsi_mac80211_start(9)

✨ rsi_mac80211_start — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to rsi_mac80211_start(9), the little function that literally just says "yes 💖" and dips. let's get into it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rsi_mac80211_start — this is the first handler that the 802.11 module calls. and like… by the time it gets called, the driver init is already complete, so it has nothing left to do except return success. that's it. that's the whole job. icon behavior honestly 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int rsi_mac80211_start (struct ieee80211_hw *hw );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — a pointer to the ieee80211_hw structure. that's the one and only thing it takes, bestie 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns 0 as success. zero, zip, nada, a perfect little green checkmark 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c — go say hi 💜

and here's the whole friend group, no cap:

• 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_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_add(9)
• rsi_mac80211_sta_remove(9)
• rsi_mac80211_set_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_get_antenna(9)
• rsi_mac80211_attach(9)

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and that's the page, babe 🌈✨ this lil doc ships from ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi, dated October 2026, and it's the rsi_mac80211_start(9) era — love that for us 💖🎀💅