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Re: [PATCH 4/4] mac80211: add phy information to giwname

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On Tuesday 24 June 2008 12:38:01 Tomas Winkler wrote:
> This patch add phy information to giwname. Currently
> 802.11b is not treated.
> 
> Quoting:
> It's not useless, it's supposed to tell you about the protocol
> capability of the device, like "IEEE 802.11b" or "IEEE 802.11abg"

Well, I think it _is_ pretty useless.
However...

> @@ -135,7 +135,24 @@ static int ieee80211_ioctl_giwname(struct net_device *dev,
>  				   struct iw_request_info *info,
>  				   char *name, char *extra)
>  {
> +	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
> +	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
> +	u8 is_ht = 0;
> +
>  	strcpy(name, "IEEE 802.11");
> +	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
> +
> +	if (sband) {
> +		strcat(name, "a");
> +		is_ht |= sband->ht_info.ht_supported;
> +	}
> +	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
> +	if (sband) {
> +		strcat(name, "g");
> +		is_ht |= sband->ht_info.ht_supported;

What about b-only devices?

> +	}
> +	if (is_ht)
> +		strcat(name, "n");
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }



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Greetings Michael.
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