STRUCT CFG80211_COALESCE_RULES(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules(9) 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and no cap this one is a whole little struct that's about to make sense. grab a snack, we're learning 💅

✨ NAME ✨

struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules — the parameters for a coalesce rule, literally the whole vibe of one rule in a struct 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so here's the shape of it, exactly as it lives in the kernel:

struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules {
    int delay;
    enum nl80211_coalesce_condition condition;
    struct cfg80211_pkt_pattern *patterns;
    int n_patterns;
 };

like, four members, all doing their little jobs. main character energy honestly 👑

💖 Members 💖

  • delay — the maximum coalescing delay, measured in msecs. that's the ceiling on how long things can wait around to get coalesced, fr fr.
  • condition — the condition for packet coalescence. it's of type enum nl80211_coalesce_condition, so go look at that enum for the actual vibes, iykyk.
  • patterns — an array of packet patterns. yes, a pointer to a whole array, she's fancy 💅
  • n_patterns — the number of patterns. the count for that array right above, keeping everything honest 🫶

🔥 Description 🔥

this structure defines the coalesce rule for the device. that's it, that's the description — she said what she said ✨

aaaand that's part one bestie, there's more coming so don't wander off 🌈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay bestie, this is the part where the page just... lists everything 💀 and when I say everything I mean the entire cast of ./include/net/cfg80211.h showing up for roll call. every single entry is a (9) page, so you already know the vibe — section 9, kernel API, the good stuff ✨

lowkey important: keep these written exactly as they are when you go look them up. the (9) is part of the name, it's not me being extra 🫶

and that's literally every single cross-reference, fr fr 💅

…and the list literally does not stop, bestie 😭 this is the rest of the squad, and yes, every single one of them gets their moment. No skipping, no "etc." — we don't do that here 💅

okay the channel-switch girlies 🦋 they're doing the most and we love that for them.

the register/unregister duo is giving main character energy ngl 👑

IE parsing besties, this one's for you 🎀

the combination-checking crew — they're doing math so you don't have to 🧮✨

the whole NAN section said "we're here, we're thriving" 🌸 and honestly? iconic.

colour change notify squad rise up 🌈 started / aborted / plain — all three, nobody left behind, periodt.

debugfs read and write, because balance ✨

and we close out the list with the S1G girlies plus the incumbent signal notify — the final boss of cross-references 🔥🫶

okay that's literally the whole thing, bestie, you made it to the end 💖 go forth and coalesce responsibly (that's the whole page, seriously). catch you on the next manpage, mwah 🎀

one last vibe check before you dip: this page lives over in ./include/net, it's stamped October 2026, and the version tag at the bottom reads struct cfg80...alesce_rules(9) — truncated and proud of it 😌💅
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