rt2x00queue_update_beacon(9)

✨ rt2x00queue_update_beacon(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for rt2x00queue_update_beacon — the little function that pushes a shiny new beacon from mac80211 down to the hardware 💖 and yes, it handles the locking all by itself, no hand-holding needed (that's the mutex, bestie, it's giving self-sufficient main character energy) 🔥

🌸 NAME 🌸

rt2x00queue_update_beacon — send a new beacon from mac80211 to the hardware. It handles the locking by itself (mutex). No cap. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int rt2x00queue_update_beacon (struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev , struct
ieee80211_vif *vif );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• rt2x00dev — pointer to struct rt2x00_dev. literally the device, bestie 🦋
• vif — the interface whose beacon should be updated. yes, per-interface, very demure, very mindful ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
• Queue handlers(9)
• rt2x00queue_alloc_rxskb(9)
• rt2x00queue_free_skb(9)
• rt2x00queue_align_frame(9)
• rt2x00queue_insert_l2pad(9)
• rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(9)
• rt2x00queue_update_beacon_locked(9)
• rt2x00queue_clear_beacon(9)
• rt2x00queue_index_inc(9)
• rt2x00queue_init_queues(9)
• rt2x00link_update_stats(9)
• rt2x00link_start_tuner(9)
• rt2x00link_stop_tuner(9)
• rt2x00link_reset_tuner(9)
• rt2x00link_start_watchdog(9)
• rt2x00link_stop_watchdog(9)
• rt2x00link_register(9)

ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and update those beacons 💅🏼 and remember: it locks itself, so don't be out here double-locking, iykyk 🙈

mwah 💋 — this cutie came from ./drivers/net/wireless/ralink/... and it's dated October 2026, filed right back under rt2x00queue_update_beacon(9) 👑🌸