What has happened to the wireless statistics patch for bcm43xx-softmac? I keep having to reapply it
every time I get a new copy.
Attached is a fresh copy of the patch rediffed against the 060215 snapshot.
Larry
diff -ur a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
bcm43xx-standalone-060214-new/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h 2006-02-13 23:06:22.000000000
-0600
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h 2006-02-14 20:43:01.000000000
-0600
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@
struct bcm43xx_stats {
u8 link_quality;
+ u8 noise;
+ struct iw_statistics wstats;
/* Store the last TX/RX times here for updating the leds. */
unsigned long last_tx;
unsigned long last_rx;
diff -ur a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c 2006-02-13
23:06:22.000000000 -0600
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c 2006-02-14
20:43:01.000000000 -0600
@@ -1678,6 +1678,16 @@
average *= 125;
average += 64;
average /= 128;
+
+/* In early tests, 'average' has values that ranged from 3 - 14.
+ * As a first approximation, set the noise value to 'average' with a range of
0 to 100.
+ */
+ bcm->stats.noise = average;
+
+/* The following algorithm comes from the clean-room reverse engineers. It
results
+ * in a link quality from 0 to 3 (higher is better). The granularity should
probably be
+ * increased before the driver goes "mainstream".
+ */
tmp = bcm43xx_shm_read16(bcm, BCM43xx_SHM_SHARED, 0x40C);
tmp = (tmp / 128) & 0x1F;
if (tmp >= 8)
diff -ur a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c 2006-02-13 23:06:22.000000000
-0600
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c 2006-02-14 20:43:01.000000000
-0600
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@
range->max_qual.qual = 100;
/* TODO: Real max RSSI */
- range->max_qual.level = 0;
- range->max_qual.noise = 0;
+ range->max_qual.level = 3;
+ range->max_qual.noise = 100;
range->max_qual.updated = 7;
range->avg_qual.qual = 70;
- range->avg_qual.level = 0;
- range->avg_qual.noise = 0;
+ range->avg_qual.level = 2;
+ range->avg_qual.noise = 40;
range->avg_qual.updated = 7;
range->min_rts = BCM43xx_MIN_RTS_THRESHOLD;
@@ -930,6 +930,49 @@
return err;
}
+/* Get wireless statistics. Called by /proc/net/wireless and by SIOCGIWSTATS
*/
+
+static struct iw_statistics *bcm43xx_get_wireless_stats(struct net_device
*net_dev)
+{
+ struct bcm43xx_private *bcm = bcm43xx_priv(net_dev);
+ struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(net_dev);
+ struct iw_statistics *wstats;
+
+ wstats = &bcm->stats.wstats;
+ if (!mac->associated) {
+ wstats->miss.beacon = 0;
+// bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.tx_retry_limit_exceeded = 0; // FIXME:
should this be cleared here?
+ wstats->discard.retries = 0;
+// bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.tx_discards_wrong_sa = 0; // FIXME: same
question
+ wstats->discard.nwid = 0;
+// bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.rx_discards_undecryptable = 0; // FIXME:
ditto
+ wstats->discard.code = 0;
+// bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.rx_fragments = 0; // FIXME: same here
+ wstats->discard.fragment = 0;
+ wstats->discard.misc = 0;
+ wstats->qual.qual = 0;
+ wstats->qual.level = 0;
+ wstats->qual.noise = 0;
+ wstats->qual.updated = 7;
+ wstats->qual.updated |= IW_QUAL_NOISE_INVALID |
+ IW_QUAL_QUAL_INVALID | IW_QUAL_LEVEL_INVALID;
+ return wstats;
+ }
+ /* fill in the real statistics when iface associated */
+ wstats->qual.qual = 100; // TODO: get the real signal quality
+ wstats->qual.level = 3 - bcm->stats.link_quality;
+ wstats->qual.noise = bcm->stats.noise;
+ wstats->qual.updated = IW_QUAL_QUAL_UPDATED | IW_QUAL_LEVEL_UPDATED |
+ IW_QUAL_NOISE_UPDATED;
+ wstats->discard.code = bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.rx_discards_undecryptable;
+ wstats->discard.retries = bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.tx_retry_limit_exceeded;
+ wstats->discard.nwid = bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.tx_discards_wrong_sa;
+ wstats->discard.fragment = bcm->ieee->ieee_stats.rx_fragments;
+ wstats->discard.misc = 0; // FIXME
+ wstats->miss.beacon = 0; // FIXME
+ return wstats;
+}
+
#ifdef WX
# undef WX
@@ -1065,6 +1108,7 @@
.num_private_args = ARRAY_SIZE(bcm43xx_priv_wx_args),
.private = bcm43xx_priv_wx_handlers,
.private_args = bcm43xx_priv_wx_args,
+ .get_wireless_stats = bcm43xx_get_wireless_stats,
};
/* vim: set ts=8 sw=8 sts=8: */
