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Re: [WEXT]: multiple calls for SIOCGIWSTATS return same value

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On Mon, 2015-06-08 at 19:58 -0600, Gerrit Renker wrote:

> I am primarily referring to the signal level. The first call returns a
> plausible value e.g. -78dB. All subsequent calls return the same value,
> regardless of receiver position (moving the laptop).
> 
> It almost looks like a static value that gets initialized and then 
> does not change.
> 
> There is a similar behaviour for scan results: the signal levels reported
> for stations remain the same for all subsequent calls. Previously these
> also changed with time and position of receiver.

You mean BSSes, not stations, right? This is very strange - it seems
those should be two entirely different code paths in the kernel.

What driver are you using? But then again, you said nl80211/iw works,
right? Then the driver shouldn't matter.

Do you think you'd be able to use tracing?

trace-cmd report -e cfg80211 -e mac80211

would report the calls to/from the driver and could perhaps shed some
light. If you can record this, send me the resulting trace.dat file
(compressed) off-list.

johannes

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