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Re: [PATCH V2] regdb: Generalize the mW to dBm power conversion

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On Mon, 2014-05-26 at 18:01 +0530, chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Generalize the power conversion from mW to dBm 
> using log. This should fix the below compilation
> error for country NO which adds a new power value
> 2000mW which is not handled earlier.
> 
>  CC [M]  net/wireless/wext-sme.o
>  CC [M]  net/wireless/regdb.o
> net/wireless/regdb.c:1130:1: error: Unknown undeclared here (not in
> a function)
> net/wireless/regdb.c:1130:9: error: expected } before power
> make[2]: *** [net/wireless/regdb.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [net/wireless] Error 2
> make: *** [net] Error 2
> 
> Reported-By:  John Walker <john@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  net/wireless/genregdb.awk |   12 +-----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/wireless/genregdb.awk b/net/wireless/genregdb.awk
> index 4119833..949ee38 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/genregdb.awk
> +++ b/net/wireless/genregdb.awk
> @@ -68,17 +68,7 @@ function parse_reg_rule()
>  	sub(/,/, "", units)
>  	dfs_cac = $9
>  	if (units == "mW") {
> -		if (power == 100) {
> -			power = 20
> -		} else if (power == 200) {
> -			power = 23
> -		} else if (power == 500) {
> -			power = 27
> -		} else if (power == 1000) {
> -			power = 30
> -		} else {
> -			print "Unknown power value in database!"
> -		}
> +		power = 10 * (log(power)/log(10))

This patch is wrong :-)
Bonus points for those who can figure it out without looking at the one
I'm committing ;-)

johannes

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