On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After fixing super annoying bug about garbage scan results,
> I noticed smaller bug:
>
> My wireless leds stop blinking if I enable monitor mode
> (Note that this time this doesn't happen if I enable promisc mode)
>
> Only module reload or recreation of wlan0 using iw helps.
> This is due to the fact that once card is put in monitor mode it stays
> there always.
> (I will fix this bug when I have time)
Great.
>
> But leds should work even in monitor mode.
>
> Btw, do leds indicate RX activity or TX or both?
>
I've excluded RX for now. Since the filtering of the RX packets was
removed for favor or mac80211 filtering there was a lot of false
blinking.
<snip>
static int iwl_get_blink_rate(struct iwl_priv *priv)
{
int i;
u64 current_tpt = priv->tx_stats[2].bytes;
/* FIXME: + priv->rx_stats[2].bytes; */
</snip>
I'm pretty sure I won't have time to look at now
> PS:
>
> I will soon buy a standalone wireless card (pci express)
> Are iwlwifi based cards aviable?
Not sure if the cards are available stand alone.
Thanks
Tomas
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