Hi, I have an Atheros ath6kl_usb based wifi dongle. I am using it with an embedded project. The driver code can be built for either X86 or sh4 hardware - so I can also use the same USB wifi dongle on my Fedora 12 Linux PC or plugged in to the embedded device. It's working fine in both situations. But, I notice that the signal level reported in /proc/net/wireless is slightly different between the two units. Note, I am using the same physical Atheros wifi dongle, and moving it from one device to the other to this test. I notice that when using the X86 PC I see a signal level of -61, which is marginally better than the -66 I see in the embedded device. I know that this isn't an exact science - but using a short USB extension lead I can orientate the wifi dongle to be in the same place and orientation when plugged in to either device. So, I would expect the wifi signal strength to be reported the same !? I know there are many differences between my Fedora 12 PC, and the embedded STLinux project - not least that the driver is compiled using different compilers. But, I was wondering what else could explain the difference in signal levels between the two? Also, which part of the driver code is responsible for reading/calculating the signal level value? Regards Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
