Re: [PATCH] mac80211: report operating frequency rather than current

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it> wrote:
> On Monday 04 May 2009, John W. Linville wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 02:11:52PM -0400, Richard Farina wrote:
>> > Johannes Berg wrote:
>> >> Umm, if _you_ set channel 11 then you _will_ see channel 11. It's=
 just
>> >> that when it's scanning and happens to be on channel 132 instead =
of 11,
>> >> while you previously set 11, you will _after_ this patch see 11, =
not
>> >> 132.
>> >
>> > Yes, and at what point does it seem like a good idea to hide the c=
hannel
>> > the wifi card is on? =C2=A0If I set channel 11 and it is scanning =
instead of
>> > locked on channel 11 then I should see the current channel the har=
dware
>> > is on. =C2=A0This seems like an aweful idea to me, granted, it may=
 help a few
>> > people that don't understand how scanning works, but hiding the tr=
uth is
>> > never a good idea. NACK.
>>
>> I can see what you mean, but I think showing seemingly random
>> fluctuations in channel assignments is at best distracting. =C2=A0Do=
n't you
>> agree that most people are more interested in seeing the configurati=
on
>> state than the transient state of the hardware?
>
> I want to report my experience. There was a bug in the ath5k driver w=
ith a
> hanging result during scanning mode. I was able to discover the probl=
em
> thanks to the iwconfig output.
>
> In alternative, is it possible to add a status flag so that iwconfig =
from user
> space can report scanning mode is operative?

iw event

Or the old way : iwevent

  Luis
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