From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:48498 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758863AbZEDSEO (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 14:04:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] add support for showing power constraint IE From: Johannes Berg To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1241459295.2903.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1241453167-3720-1-git-send-email-marcel@holtmann.org> <1241453408.8683.53.camel@johannes.local> <1241454909.2903.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1241455125.8683.60.camel@johannes.local> <1241455848.2903.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1241456088.8683.62.camel@johannes.local> <1241456863.2903.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1241458558.8683.84.camel@johannes.local> <1241459295.2903.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-krMizoYlHiVe8JiOt8Q5" Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 20:03:44 +0200 Message-Id: <1241460224.8683.87.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-krMizoYlHiVe8JiOt8Q5 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 10:48 -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > Both are HT. >=20 > do we have the specs somewhere then I might can give it a try. Also WMM > needs some improvements. The IEs are defined in structs in include/linux/ieee80211.h. > > > The other one that keeps showing up in my area is: > > >=20 > > > Unknown IE (47): 06 > >=20 > > "Broadcom proprietary" -- seems it would make sense to ignore that. >=20 > Since it not showing up until you give -u there is no need to ignore it, > but where do you find that this is Broadcom proprietary and why the f* > they get to use an official IE number? Check the link I gave you - lots of companies have IEs rather than vendor IEs, predates the vendor IE I guess. > > > And I do have some other vendor specific ones, that I don't really ca= re > > > about and we might even never know what they are: > > >=20 > > > Vendor specific: OUI 00:03:7f, data: 01 01 00 17 00 00 > > > Vendor specific: OUI 00:03:7f, data: 02 01 01 4d 00 03 a4 00 00 > > > Vendor specific: OUI 00:03:2f, data: 01 00 01 > >=20 > > You can check wireshark, sometimes it has something useful. I think > > there are pre-wifi HT IEs too in some vendor IE, might be one of these. > >=20 > > https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents?x_dcn=3D31&x_year=3D2009 is us= eful > > too (at least for 2009, for next year somebody will have to find the DC= N > > again) >=20 > I found an indication of what bit 1 of extended capabilities means. I do > have seen an AP with that somewhere around :) Actually extended capabilities aren't bits but values, I think? But that's something about HT too, iirc. johannes --=-krMizoYlHiVe8JiOt8Q5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJ/y39AAoJEKVg1VMiehFY/nQP/0qD9df2CwlgIBloXy14Yh9D j9WK7nVZBwQnwe5zYdXPjZpOHLd7hdrBv2iJqMtZzH+EVZCXv97aYMroC+EOyPlw oLYavLiuh3oqMme3m75xjQQZ+6LPzTNoVKYqlIWhztSLTwpU0NyAOjZoSjBtCMlB JUn8IsPH30KVI/3ElFVP66IHrTM3sv1THe36pXk3u/NSghAKU8Ar2Z9Qxm/aQ+Ov 8iE6Q22wANL6jQ8PAOokEjUTERLswzZLKQ+k+zl+vUrrpujzdXinaW1mn23rf3h2 Uw+rOQCk45xjcpi1AufpkR4PM669qtz4PiEcOBf1QPzKrmoBAeWzXibem9nfu+hS cjc1wzsSMowR9/W1U/4FnMgo1Vs9ZsslXu6YmFwLMsfOVhdW+yk6h7xHb+0ayzQk pWLAvygpNV/y0zwp/sbece6J0bNjpB75WLL0rX33zVQp5NHXkvGMpoPs6MhLWFgI KS7XXlqkiQA63L7n7w1bGy6XgjBRLVnVi43D0jt8hSWH/U822FqXY7ABQ77sW0+Q M/i5GIttte3jd7nCYMVuCm1ao/KGXcO0fQCt+GFVIk6B3sWMAlpAALqiOjJQp5U2 P5ZViLUnUnoqJbAdZNFjPQVoA8kSXT3jj8N3jdsGmSRz10t4weqFPpr/fdT9so/G +vQcNhIC8SnVRZsBq9K3 =A75b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-krMizoYlHiVe8JiOt8Q5--