rsi_set_vap_capabilities(9)

🦋 rsi_set_vap_capabilities(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about rsi_set_vap_capabilities — no cap, it's literally the function that sends vap capability to firmware. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rsi_set_vap_capabilities — this function send vap capability to firmware. that's the whole job. that's the assignment. and it ate. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int rsi_set_vap_capabilities (struct rsi_common *common , enum opmode
mode , u8 *mac_addr , u8 vap_id , u8 vap_status );

like, look at that signature. it's giving "i know exactly what i'm doing." 🎀

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• common — Pointer to the driver private structure. it's the driver's whole personality in one struct, ngl.
• mode — Operating mode of device. the vibe check of the device, basically.
• mac_addr — MAC address. yes bestie, that MAC address. 🦋
• vap_id — Rate information - offset and mask. (not me being obsessed with how specific this is 😭)
• vap_status — VAP status - ADD, DELETE or UPDATE. pick one, queen. 👑

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, corresponding negative error code on failure. so like, zero is the slay outcome, and anything negative is the universe saying "not today." 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives right here:

./drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mgmt.c

and here's the whole friend group — every single one, i'm not leaving anybody out, periodt:

• rsi_set_default_parameters(9)
• rsi_set_contention_vals(9)
• rsi_send_internal_mgmt_frame(9)
• rsi_load_radio_caps(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_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)

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💡 friendly reminder bestie: every single flag, value, and code snippet above is exactly as the original wrote it. i changed the vibe, not the facts. no cap. 🌈

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okay that's the whole page!! this one came from the ./drivers/net/wireless/rsi crew, dated October 2026, and i'm obsessed with it. mwah 💋 ⭐ 🍓