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Re: [WIP, RFC] libertas: allow scanning via "iw"

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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Holger Schurig
<hs4233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > * signal isn't reported in dBm or mBm. The scan response from
>> >   the firmware tells me some "RSSI" value.
>>
>> #define MRVDRV_NF_DEFAULT_SCAN_VALUE          (-96)
>> #define SCAN_RSSI(RSSI)                       (0x100 - ((u8)(RSSI)))
>>
>>       iwe.u.qual.level = SCAN_RSSI(bss->rssi);
>>
>>       rssi = iwe.u.qual.level - MRVDRV_NF_DEFAULT_SCAN_VALUE;
>>
>> so it's more or less dBm.
>
> I'm not that sure about that. I made a test and moved with my
> laptop away from an access-point. In the table below you find
> the signal from ipw2200/iwconfig. And in the second column the
> raw "u8 rssi" from libertas' scan response:

What table? Your message ends here...

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