STRUCT IWL_MAC_DATA_IBSS(9)

💅 struct iwl_mac_data_ibss(9) — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, buckle up 🎀 this is a whole struct from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "small but mighty." it's struct iwl_mac_data_ibss and its entire personality is configuration data for IBSS MAC context 💖 like, that's the vibe. that's the whole job. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

struct iwl_mac_data_ibss — literally just configuration data for IBSS MAC context 🦋 she's a data holder, she holds data, we love her for it.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct iwl_mac_data_ibss {
    __le32 beacon_time;
    __le64 beacon_tsf;
    __le32 bi;
    __le32 reserved;
    __le32 beacon_template;
 };

look at her 🥹 five little fields, all typed up with their __le32 and one iconic __le64. copy it exactly, don't freestyle, i'm begging 🙈

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👑 Members 👑

• beacon_time — beacon transmit time in system time ⏰ like, when did this beacon go out, but in system time.
• beacon_tsf — beacon transmit time in TSF 🌈 same energy as above but in TSF instead, and note it's the __le64 one — she's bigger, she's special.
• bi — beacon interval in TU 🎀 short name, big responsibility.
• reserved — reserved 💀 that's it. that's the description. she's reserved. leave her alone.
• beacon_template — beacon template ID 🦋 the ID of the beacon template, bestie, keep up.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

so this struct does not roll alone, she has a whole extended friend group, and you're gonna meet all of them 😭 iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/api/mac.h
• enum iwl_mac_protection_flags(9)
• enum iwl_mac_types(9)
• enum iwl_tsf_id(9)
• struct iwl_mac_data_ap(9)
• enum iwl_mac_data_policy(9)
• struct iwl_mac_data_sta(9)
• struct iwl_mac_data_go(9)
• struct iwl_mac_data_p2p_sta(9)
• struct iwl_mac_data_pibss(9)
• enum iwl_mac_filter_flags(9)
• enum iwl_mac_qos_flags(9)
• struct iwl_ac_qos(9)
• struct iwl_mac_ctx_cmd(9)
• struct iwl_missed_beacons_notif_ver_3(9)
• struct iwl_missed_beacons_notif_v4(9)
• struct iwl_he_backoff_conf(9)
• enum iwl_he_pkt_ext_constellations(9)
• struct iwl_he_pkt_ext_v1(9)
• struct iwl_he_pkt_ext_v2(9)
• enum iwl_he_sta_ctxt_flags(9)
• enum iwl_he_htc_flags(9)
• struct iwl_he_sta_context_cmd_v1(9)
• struct iwl_he_sta_context_cmd_v2(9)
• struct iwl_he_sta_context_cmd_v3(9)
• struct iwl_he_monitor_cmd(9)

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💀 real talk: every single one of those is a separate manpage and yes you're expected to know them. the grind never stops, bestie. periodt.

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and that's the whole page, gorgeous 🫶 written up from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and dated October 2026, which is so far away it's practically a time capsule ⭐ anyway, go read your headers, slay, and remember — struct iwl_mac_data_ibss(9) ate and left no crumbs ✨🎀💅