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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: allow driver to signal noise level

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Am Wed October 21 2009 01:18:11 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 14:13 +0200, Holger Schurig wrote:
> > Allows a WLAN driver to signal current noise level:
> >
> > # iw eth1 link
> > Connected to 00:13:19:80:da:30 (on eth1)
> >         SSID: SSID
> >         freq: 2437
> >         RX: 424 bytes (5 packets)
> >         TX: 0 bytes (0 packets)
> >         signal: -49 dBm
> >         noise: -93 dBm
> >         tx bitrate: 11.0 MBit/s
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Holger Schurig <hs4233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> NACKed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As discussed previously, noise is not a property of a station.
Noise it not a property of a link between two stations, but a property of the 
local station alone (the point where the noise was measured).

Do we have a netlink part to put in properties like this ?

Henning Rogge

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