[PATCH] Add 'signal_poll' command interface

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Apr 11 15:46:56 EDT 2011


On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 10:36:39AM -0700, Dmitry Shmidt wrote:
> +static int wpa_supplicant_signal_poll(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, char *buf,
> +				      size_t buflen)

> +	ret = wpa_drv_signal_poll(wpa_s, &si);
> +	if (!ret)
> +		ret = os_snprintf(buf, buflen, "RSSI=%d\nLINKSPEED=%d\n"
> +				  "NOISE=%d\nFREQUENCY=%u\nTHRESHOLD=%d\n",
> +				  si.current_signal, si.current_txrate / 1000,
> +				  si.current_noise, si.frequency,
> +				  si.above_threshold);

Is the above_threshold value going to be filled by some drivers?
driver_nl80211.c (the only one implementing signal_poll currently) fills
it only for events. I guess it would be possible to store the value from
the last event internally in driver_nl80211.c and then fill it in here
if that piece of information is considered useful.

As far as the field names are concerned, RSSI may be somewhat confusing
since this is a signed 8-bit value in dBm at least as far as nl80211 is
concerned. The THRESHOLD name is even more confusing ;-).

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA


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