From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] d80211: add SIOCSIWTXPOW, SIOCGIWTXPOW, SIOCSIWPOWER and SIOCGIWPOWER Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:24:23 -0500 Message-ID: <4513E407.50400@lwfinger.net> References: <44F355DE.3000206@linux.intel.com> <20060921183040.12d679f2@logostar.upir.cz> <4512C133.7010509@linux.intel.com> <20060921203347.44d66563@logostar.upir.cz> <4512EE8D.708@linux.intel.com> <20060922001332.7ea0d30a@logostar.upir.cz> <451314AC.3070103@linux.intel.com> <20060922131605.0edfd719@logostar.upir.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mabbas , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116]:39559 "EHLO mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932407AbWIVNY2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:24:28 -0400 To: Jiri Benc In-Reply-To: <20060922131605.0edfd719@logostar.upir.cz> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Jiri Benc wrote: > Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:39:40 -0700, mabbas pise: >> if the stack handle it then no need to know. When I call >> ieee80211_register_hw with driver's channel, rate and txpower info. the >> txpower values are overwritten by ieee80211_init_client. I get all the >> txpower info from EEPROMin the NIC and they are different that what >> d80211 default to. Is there is away to keep the value the driver passed >> in ieee80211_register_hw? > > Well, there is still a work to do here. See Larry Finger's proposal, > http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg05623.html - it's not ideal, there > are some problems with its design, but it's probably the way to go. That project is on hold now, but I'm willing to share the information I have and to participate in further developments. Larry