STRUCT ATH5K_RX_STATUS(9)

💖 struct ath5k_rx_status(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for struct ath5k_rx_status, aka the RX Status descriptor, and honestly? it's giving "receipt for a packet" and i'm obsessed 🧚

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✨ NAME ✨

struct ath5k_rx_status — the RX Status descriptor, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, this is the whole shape of it, literally character for character:

struct ath5k_rx_status {
    u16 rs_datalen;
    u16 rs_tstamp;
    u8 rs_status;
    u8 rs_phyerr;
    s8 rs_rssi;
    u8 rs_keyix;
    u8 rs_rate;
    u8 rs_antenna;
    u8 rs_more;
 };

the way that struct is just sitting there with all those u8s... main character energy fr fr 🎀

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🌸 Members 🌸

okay so let's go member by member, because every single one of these matters, periodt:

• rs_datalen — data length bestie, that's the whole vibe 📏
• rs_tstamp — timestamp ⏰
• rs_status — the status code ✨
• rs_phyerr — PHY error mask 🫶
• rs_rssi — RSSI, measured in 0.5dbm units (yes, half-dBm, don't @ me) 📶
• rs_keyix — index to the key used for decrypting 🔑
• rs_rate — the rate used to decode the frame 🏃‍♀️
• rs_antenna — the antenna used to receive the frame 📡
• rs_more — indicates this is a frame fragment (Fast frames) 🧩

like every field just showing up and doing its job?? we love a functional icon 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

lowkey a whole group chat of friends here, ngl 💀

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h enum
• ath5k_version(9), enum ath5k_radio(9), Atheros XR(9), Atheros SuperAG(9), enum ath5k_driver_mode(9), enum ath5k_ant_mode(9), enum ath5k_bw_mode(9), struct ath5k_tx_status(9), enum ath5k_tx_queue(9), enum ath5k_tx_queue_subtype(9), enum ath5k_tx_queue_id(9), struct ath5k_txq(9), struct ath5k_txq_info(9), enum ath5k_pkt_type(9), enum ath5k_rfgain(9), struct ath5k_gain(9), struct ath5k_athchan_2ghz(9), enum ath5k_dmasize(9), Rate codes(9), enum ath5k_int(9), enum ath5k_calibration_mask(9), enum ath5k_power_mode(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, go read the driver source, slay 💜

this cutie lives in ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k, dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct ath5k_rx_status(9) — iykyk 🎀✨🦋