The bcm43xx-softmac driver fails to set two quantities needed for
iwlist to compute wireless quality when scanning. As a result, userland
programs using the quality to determine the best connection fail.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
This patch is intended for wireless-2.6.
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@
#define BCM43xx_DEFAULT_SHORT_RETRY_LIMIT 7
#define BCM43xx_DEFAULT_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT 4
+/* FIXME: the next line is a guess as to what the maximum RSSI value might be
*/
+#define RX_RSSI_MAX 60
+
/* Max size of a security key */
#define BCM43xx_SEC_KEYSIZE 16
/* Security algorithms. */
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
@@ -3648,6 +3648,8 @@ static int bcm43xx_read_phyinfo(struct b
phy_type);
return -ENODEV;
};
+ bcm->ieee->perfect_rssi = RX_RSSI_MAX;
+ bcm->ieee->worst_rssi = 0;
if (!phy_rev_ok) {
printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Invalid PHY Revision %x\n",
phy_rev);
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
#define BCM43xx_WX_VERSION 18
#define MAX_WX_STRING 80
-/* FIXME: the next line is a guess as to what the maximum RSSI value might be
*/
-#define RX_RSSI_MAX 60
-
static int bcm43xx_wx_get_name(struct net_device *net_dev,
struct iw_request_info *info,
-
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