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[PATCH] bcm43xx: improved statistics
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This patch improves the statistics returned from
bcm43xx_get_wireless_stats. The signal level comes from smoothing the
"rssi" value returned by the firmware after it is converted into a
dBm value by the driver. The quality value is a hack derived from the
smoothed level and an assumed RX_POWER_MAX of -10 dBM. The noise value
is still the one calculated from the clean-room formula. On my system,
this is roughly -65 dBm, which seems too high.

The revised version uses the ieee80211 spinlock to protect traversing
of the network list.

Signed-Off-By: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Larry Finger authored and John W. Linville committed Jul 10, 2006
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41 changes: 28 additions & 13 deletions drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
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#define BCM43xx_WX_VERSION 18

#define MAX_WX_STRING 80
/* FIXME: the next line is a guess as to what the maximum value of RX power
(in dBm) might be */
#define RX_POWER_MAX -10


static int bcm43xx_wx_get_name(struct net_device *net_dev,
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range->max_qual.qual = 100;
/* TODO: Real max RSSI */
range->max_qual.level = 3;
range->max_qual.noise = 100;
range->max_qual.updated = 7;
range->max_qual.level = 0;
range->max_qual.noise = 0;
range->max_qual.updated = IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED;

range->avg_qual.qual = 70;
range->avg_qual.level = 2;
range->avg_qual.noise = 40;
range->avg_qual.updated = 7;
range->avg_qual.qual = 50;
range->avg_qual.level = 0;
range->avg_qual.noise = 0;
range->avg_qual.updated = IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED;

range->min_rts = BCM43xx_MIN_RTS_THRESHOLD;
range->max_rts = BCM43xx_MAX_RTS_THRESHOLD;
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struct bcm43xx_private *bcm = bcm43xx_priv(net_dev);
struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(net_dev);
struct iw_statistics *wstats;
struct ieee80211_network *network = NULL;
static int tmp_level = 0;
unsigned long flags;

wstats = &bcm->stats.wstats;
if (!mac->associated) {
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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;
wstats->qual.updated |= IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED;
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;
spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->ieee->lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry(network, &mac->ieee->network_list, list) {
if (!memcmp(mac->associnfo.bssid, network->bssid, ETH_ALEN)) {
if (!tmp_level) /* get initial value */
tmp_level = network->stats.rssi;
else /* smooth results */
tmp_level = (7 * tmp_level + network->stats.rssi)/8;
break;
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->ieee->lock, flags);
wstats->qual.level = tmp_level;
wstats->qual.qual = 100 + tmp_level - RX_POWER_MAX; // TODO: get the real signal quality
wstats->qual.noise = bcm->stats.noise;
wstats->qual.updated = IW_QUAL_QUAL_UPDATED | IW_QUAL_LEVEL_UPDATED |
IW_QUAL_NOISE_UPDATED;
wstats->qual.updated = IW_QUAL_ALL_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;
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