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So can anybody comment on whether kernel 2.6.32 is recent enough to
support "iw" version 0.9.22 ?

Thank you,
Patrick Connolly




On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Patrick Connolly <pjc999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The kernel is 2.6.32
> -Patrick
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 08/24/2012 06:38 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay so I built "iw" version 0.9.22 successfully (after much grief).
>>> The help page shows that "set bitrates" is now supported:
>>>
>>>          dev <devname> set bitrates [legacy-<2.4|5> <legacy rate in
>>> Mbps>*]
>>>
>>>
>>>   but when I try to use it I get:
>>>
>>>         # iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 2 5.5 11
>>>         command failed: Operation not supported (-95)
>>>
>>> ...so what does this mean?  Is it "iw" or the driver that lacks the
>>> support?
>>
>>
>> I would think that your kernel is too old. What version are you running?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
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