linux/wireless.h - missing section

linux/wireless.h - missing section

[Tomas Winkler]

Does anybody knows why this section is missing from in kernel linux/wireless.h

struct iw_range {

......


        /* More power management stuff */
        __s32           min_pms;        /* Minimal PM saving */
        __s32           max_pms;        /* Maximal PM saving */
        __u16           pms_flags;      /* How to decode max/min PM saving */

        /* All available modulations for driver (hw may support less) */
        __s32           modul_capa;     /* IW_MODUL_* bit field */

        /* More bitrate stuff */
        __u32           bitrate_capa;   /* Types of bitrates supported */
};

Thanks
Tomas

Re: linux/wireless.h - missing section

[Jean Tourrilhes]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 07:40:07PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> Does anybody knows why this section is missing from in kernel linux/wireless.h
> 
> struct iw_range {
> 
> ......
> 
> 
>         /* More power management stuff */
>         __s32           min_pms;        /* Minimal PM saving */
>         __s32           max_pms;        /* Maximal PM saving */
>         __u16           pms_flags;      /* How to decode max/min PM saving */
> 
>         /* All available modulations for driver (hw may support less) */
>         __s32           modul_capa;     /* IW_MODUL_* bit field */
> 
>         /* More bitrate stuff */
>         __u32           bitrate_capa;   /* Types of bitrates supported */
> };
> 
> Thanks
> Tomas

	Because it was rejected by the kernel maitainers.

	Jean

Re: linux/wireless.h - missing section

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 19:40 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> Does anybody knows why this section is missing from in kernel linux/wireless.h

I remember it was decided to avoid significant improvement in Wireless
Extensions and concentrate on cfg80211.  This was supposed to be a part
of Wireless Extensions 21, but was removed in the final release.
Wireless Extensions 22 was a security fix.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: linux/wireless.h - missing section

[John W. Linville]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 07:40:07PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> Does anybody knows why this section is missing from in kernel linux/wireless.h
> 
> struct iw_range {
> 
> ......
> 
> 
>         /* More power management stuff */
>         __s32           min_pms;        /* Minimal PM saving */
>         __s32           max_pms;        /* Maximal PM saving */
>         __u16           pms_flags;      /* How to decode max/min PM saving */
> 
>         /* All available modulations for driver (hw may support less) */
>         __s32           modul_capa;     /* IW_MODUL_* bit field */
> 
>         /* More bitrate stuff */
>         __u32           bitrate_capa;   /* Types of bitrates supported */
> };

Those were in Jean's original WE-21 patch.  They got
dropped in the redacted version of WE-21 I applied in commit
baef186519c69b11cf7e48c26e75feb1e6173baa.  Please see these threads:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=115689985827349&w=2
	http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=115757728300747&w=2

Hth!

John
-- 
John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com

Re: linux/wireless.h - missing section

[Tomas Winkler]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:26 PM, John W. Linville
<linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 07:40:07PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>
>
> > Does anybody knows why this section is missing from in kernel linux/wireless.h
>  >
>  > struct iw_range {
>  >
>  > ......
>  >
>  >
>  >         /* More power management stuff */
>  >         __s32           min_pms;        /* Minimal PM saving */
>  >         __s32           max_pms;        /* Maximal PM saving */
>  >         __u16           pms_flags;      /* How to decode max/min PM saving */
>  >
>  >         /* All available modulations for driver (hw may support less) */
>  >         __s32           modul_capa;     /* IW_MODUL_* bit field */
>  >
>  >         /* More bitrate stuff */
>  >         __u32           bitrate_capa;   /* Types of bitrates supported */
>  > };
>
>  Those were in Jean's original WE-21 patch.  They got
>  dropped in the redacted version of WE-21 I applied in commit
>  baef186519c69b11cf7e48c26e75feb1e6173baa.  Please see these threads:
>
>         http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=115689985827349&w=2
>         http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=115757728300747&w=2
>
>  Hth!
>
>  John
>  --
>  John W. Linville
>  linville@tuxdriver.com
>

Thanks for answer. It's just that user space utility differs from what
is in kernel which is a bit odd
Tomas