From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.179]:28085 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752477AbXLMNnq (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:43:46 -0500 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so1090078wah.23 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:43:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1ba2fa240712130543q703137d4o8b895247e4cc914a@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20071213_134349_566042_64F9B2FA) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:43:44 +0200 From: "Tomas Winkler" To: "Johannes Berg" Subject: Re: mac80211 ethtool support Cc: "John W. Linville" , "Michael Buesch" , "Zhu Yi" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1197545930.6558.243.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <1197361048.3170.381.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <200712111350.25522.mb@bu3sch.de> <1197421988.3170.405.camel@debian.sh.intel.com> <200712121148.48716.mb@bu3sch.de> <1197481520.6558.140.camel@johannes.berg> <1ba2fa240712121523h59d919f8k42fe54b992618432@mail.gmail.com> <20071213002739.GB3139@tuxdriver.com> <1197545930.6558.243.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Dec 13, 2007 1:38 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Has anyone taken the trouble to analyze the various ethtool operations > > to see which ones even make sense for wireless devices? That might > > make a better starting point for discussing how to implement whatever > > remains. > > Most, except very few hardware-specific like the EEPROM under discussion > and a few driver-specific (get driver version etc) don't make any sense, > like WOL, GSO, pause, UFO, ... I've checked that too and I agree it looks like we need ethool brother for wireless some wifitool. But it looks like cfg80211 can provide this functionality BTW iwl HW supports WOL :) > johannes >