[Prism54-users] Mode tests

[Herbert Valerio Riedel]

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On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 10:49, Bj=F8rn Mork wrote:
> > The latest CVS snapshot show this output on my system:
> >
> > eth4      SMC2802W  ESSID:"xxx"
> >           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Channel:3  Cell: 4A:FE:E7:AA:64:8C
> >           Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Sensitivity=3D20/200
> >
> > I don't think it good the create a list that says: "SMC2802W" is
> > served by prism54 and so on. Maybe the information should become
> > "SMC2802W/prism54"?
>=20
>=20
> include/linux/wireless.h (Version 16 as included in Linux 2.6.0) says
>=20
>  #define SIOCGIWNAME     0x8B01          /* get name =3D=3D wireless prot=
ocol */
>  /* 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. */
>=20
> So, the name should probably be IEEE 802.11a, b or g depending on
> modulation, frequency and bitrate?

it doesn't care what the actual string is; that is just a dummy
string... it should be enough if it's something different than NULL

the prism54 driver returns some model-id, but that's actually neither
required nor needed; it just looks pretty with iwconfig output ;-)

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