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> I would like to enable TPC in ath9k using iw command:
> 
> iw dev wlan0 set txpower auto
> 
> I knew user_power_level is set to IEEE80211_UNSET_POWER_LEVEL in that
> case. Is there a better way than to check user_power_level?

But ... the API already allows for that flexibility? I think if anything
you should expose the "TX power type" that the nl80211 API has.

johannes