[ath9k-devel] iwconfig drives which modules in the kernel/ath9k

[Mohammed Shafi <shafi.ath9k@gmail.com>]

may i ask what is the problem

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Serene Gud <serene_gud@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> I M using linux kernel downloaded from kernel.org instead of
> compat-wireless.
>
> But I was able to find tthe following:
>
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_giwname
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_siwmode
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_giwmode
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_siwscan
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_giwscan
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_siwmlme
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_giwrange
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h:int cfg80211_wext_siwgenie
>
> Not sure of how to use them 8-|
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 4/11/11, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.ath9k@gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mohammed Shafi <shafi.ath9k@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] iwconfig drives which modules in the
> kernel/ath9k
> To: "Serene Gud" <serene_gud@yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011, 9:53 AM
>
> also wext-core.c
> static const struct iw_ioctl_description standard_ioctl[] = {
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCSIWCOMMIT)] = {
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.ath9k@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> in wext-compat.c
> static const iw_handler cfg80211_handlers[] = {
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCGIWNAME)]     = (iw_handler)
> cfg80211_wext_giwname,
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCSIWFREQ)]     = (iw_handler)
> cfg80211_wext_siwfreq,
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCGIWFREQ)]     = (iw_handler)
> cfg80211_wext_giwfreq,
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCSIWMODE)]     = (iw_handler)
> cfg80211_wext_siwmode,
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCGIWMODE)]     = (iw_handler)
> cfg80211_wext_giwmode,
>         [IW_IOCTL_IDX(SIOCGIWRANGE)]    = (iw_handler) cfg80211_wext_giw
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.ath9k@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Serene Gud <serene_gud@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I am able to print out the present operating frequency from the
> ath9k/main.c file in dmesg and if I change the frequency using iwconfig, the
> output of of dmesg shows that the frequency has been changed. As far as I
> could figure out struct ieee80211_channel is defined in
> ./include/net/cfg80211.h which defines one element as center_freq. But what
> I do not know is that which file has the code that is affected by the
> "iwconfig wlan0 channel #" command because struct ieee80211_channel is used
> in may files in ./net/mac80211 ./net/wireless and
> ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k folders mainly.
>
> *driver in main.c see ath_set_channel which is called by ath9k_config (this
> is called by mac80211 callback .config)
> *then look at ieee80211_set_channel in mac80211
> * look at wext-* files (complex)
>
> If anybody knows, kindly share...
> Thanks!
>
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