[Prism54-devel] SIOCGIWNAME usage

[Jens Maurer]

Shawn Anderson wrote:
> #define SIOCGIWNAME     0x8B01          /* get name == wireless protocol */
> /* SIOCGIWNAME is used to verify the presence of Wireless Extensions.
>  * Common values : "IEEE 802.11-DS", "IEEE 802.11-FH", "IEEE 802.11b"...
>  * Don't put the name of your driver there, it's useless. */
> 
> I notice the prism54 driver assosiates the card model to this ioctl, I
> wonder if its better to assign the card model to SIOCSIWNICKN /
> SIOCGIWNICKN instead... and make SIOCGIWNAME return "IEEE 802.11g" or
> similar.

That sounds reasonable.

Jens Maurer