Re: [WEXT]: multiple calls for SIOCGIWSTATS return same value

[Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>]

> On Sat, 2015-06-06 at 20:37 -0600, Gerrit Renker wrote:
> > A problem has been found in recent kernels where multiple
> > calls using SIOCGIWSTATS return the same, identical value.  
> 
> Which "value"? I believe these return a number of different values. What
> are the returned values? Are they perhaps just 0?
> 
I am primarily referring to the signal level. The first call returns a
plausible value e.g. -78dB. All subsequent calls return the same value,
regardless of receiver position (moving the laptop).

It almost looks like a static value that gets initialized and then 
does not change.

There is a similar behaviour for scan results: the signal levels reported
for stations remain the same for all subsequent calls. Previously these
also changed with time and position of receiver.

> Is the application a 32-bit application running on a 64-bit machine
> perhaps? 
Sorry forgot to mention: application and operating system both 64 bit,
the bug submitted to wavemon also mentioned 64 bit.

Thank you for the reply -- maybe this means that the root cause is in a
different part; I would not know which at the moment.