STRUCT STA_ID_MODIFY(9)

🎀 struct sta_id_modify(9) 🎀

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the station modify command struct bestie, like the little form you fill out when you wanna add a station or change one that already exists 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

struct sta_id_modify — station modify command 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct sta_id_modify {
    u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
    __le16 reserved1;
    u8 sta_id;
    u8 modify_mask;
    __le16 reserved2;
 };

like, that's the whole struct, no cap ✨

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💖 Members 💖

• addr — the station's MAC address, iconic, mandatory, the whole identity of the station fr fr 🦋
• reserved1 — reserved for alignment, so please don't be the main character and try to use it 🙈
• sta_id — the index of the station in uCode's station table 👑
• modify_mask — the STA_MODIFY_* flags; 1 means modify this, 0 means don't change it 💅
• reserved2 — reserved for alignment again, yes there are two of them, it's giving padding energy ⭐

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🌈 Description 🌈

so the driver has options, okay? when it's adding a new station it picks an unused table index, and when it's modifying a station it picks the index of a pre-existing station entry. lowkey elegant ✨

heads up though: some indexes have super special purposes — like IWL_AP_ID, index 0, which is for the AP 👑 iykyk

and the modify_mask flags? those are the vibe check that selects which parameters get modified vs. left completely alone 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/commands.h plus these iconic neighbours:

• struct iwl5000_channel_switch_cmd(9)
• struct iwl6000_channel_switch_cmd(9)
• struct iwl_ac_qos(9)
• struct statistics_tx_power(9)
• struct iwl_sensitivity_cmd(9)
• struct iwl_wipan_slot(9)
• struct iwl_wipan_params_cmd(9)

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aaaand that's the page 🎀 it lives at ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, all stamped with struct sta_id_modify(9) at the bottom like a little signature — love that for us, mwah 💜 go read the other structs bestie, slay 🧚‍♀️