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Re: mac80211 ethtool support

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On Dec 13, 2007 1:38 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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