Thanks for updating the patch set!!
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a refresh of my previous WEXT compat patch set.
>
> I've actually tested these exact patches on sparc64 with a RNDIS based
> USB wireless device from Linksys. I was able to perform iwconfig
> commands, check iwlist, bring up the interface and use it properly.
> All with 32-bit tools. I've also done an allmodconfig sanity
> build check on sparc64.
>
> The one thing I was not able to test yet is wpa_supplicant use, and
> that likely doesn't work properly yet, but we can fix that on top and
> these patches do not break native non-compat binaries. They do make a
> lot of compat stuff work which wasn't the case before. So applying
> this stuff makes sense, and we can get wpa_supplicant working if it
> isn't working using follow-on patches.
>
> The patch set starts by cleaning up the code so that we can avoid
> having multiple copies of the WEXT main dispatch routines, one for
> compat and one for the non-compat case.
>
> Next, basic compat level handling of the WEXT ioctl is added, and the
> equivalent code in the compat_ioctl.c file is removed.
>
> Finally, compat IWE stream munging is added for the wireless layer.
> When we get a compat WEXT ioctl request, we set a bit in the request
> info blob, and the stream building helpers tip off this to format the
> stream entries properly.
I'm testing these patches on my PS3. I've found a problem.
With 32-bit wireless-tools v28, the bitrates from the scan result were
wrong (with gelic/rt2x00 driver):
[root@localhost wireless_tools.28]# ./iwlist wlan3 scanning
Warning: Driver for device wlan3 has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...
wlan3 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:06:25:C6:B9:A7
ESSID:"planexuser"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=51/100 Signal level=-50 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s
0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s; 0 kb/s
0 kb/s; 0 kb/s
Extra:tsf=000000013f454d92
With 32-bit wireless-tools v30 (i.e. the SOIGIWSCAN workaround
included):
[root@localhost wireless_tools.30]# ./iwlist wlan3 scanning
wlan3 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:06:25:C6:B9:A7
ESSID:"planexuser"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-68 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000014e16ea91
I think the callers of iwe_stream_add_value() need to do some
preparations before the call if iocompat is needed, like the following.
---
drivers/net/ps3_gelic_wireless.c | 7 +++++++
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ps3_gelic_wireless.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ps3_gelic_wireless.c
@@ -605,7 +605,14 @@ static char *gelic_wl_translate_scan(str
iwe.cmd = SIOCGIWRATE;
iwe.u.bitrate.fixed = iwe.u.bitrate.disabled = 0;
/* to stuff multiple values in one event */
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+ if (info->flags & IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT)
+ tmp = ev + IW_EV_COMPAT_LCP_LEN;
+ else
+ tmp = ev + IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
+#else
tmp = ev + IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
+#endif
/* put them in ascendant order (older is first) */
i = 0;
j = 0;
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -4147,9 +4147,18 @@ ieee80211_sta_scan_result(struct net_dev
if (bss && bss->supp_rates_len > 0) {
/* display all supported rates in readable format */
- char *p = current_ev + IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
+ char *p;
int i;
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+ if (info->flags & IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT)
+ p = current_ev + IW_EV_COMPAT_LCP_LEN;
+ else
+ p = current_ev + IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
+#else
+ p = current_ev + IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
+#endif
+
memset(&iwe, 0, sizeof(iwe));
iwe.cmd = SIOCGIWRATE;
/* Those two flags are ignored... */
--
Masakazu Mokuno
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