This patch add phy information to giwname.
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"
Jean
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/wext.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wext.c b/net/mac80211/wext.c
index 308b953..a44f479 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wext.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wext.c
@@ -135,7 +135,39 @@ 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, is_a = 0, is_b = 0, is_g = 0;
+
+
+ sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
+ if (sband) {
+ is_a = 1;
+ is_ht |= sband->ht_info.ht_supported;
+ }
+
+ sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
+ if (sband) {
+ int i;
+ /* Check for mandatory rates */
+ for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
+ if (sband->bitrates[i].bitrate == 10)
+ is_b = 1;
+ if (sband->bitrates[i].bitrate == 60)
+ is_g = 1;
+ }
+ is_ht |= sband->ht_info.ht_supported;
+ }
+
strcpy(name, "IEEE 802.11");
+ if (is_a)
+ strcat(name, "a");
+ if (is_b)
+ strcat(name, "b");
+ if (is_g)
+ strcat(name, "g");
+ if (is_ht)
+ strcat(name, "n");
return 0;
}
--
1.5.4.1
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