Re: [PATCH] Use libnl and nl80211 to get bitrate information

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 21:57 +0300, Valmantas Palikša wrote:
> Well, iw does it, and i think the reason is to make it build on older
> systems, for example here on jaunty, <linux/nl80211.h> is tad outdated,
> and doesn't have the necessary symbols. If we don't ship our own version
> - compilation fails, if we do ship, then it will fail on runtime and
> automatically fall back to wext.

So, you've got an updated kernel with the necessary nl80211 commands,
but not updated kernel headers?  The kernel devel headers should be
shipped with your kernel.

Dan

> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 10:56 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 19:20 +0300, Valmantas Palikša wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 18:13 +0200, drago01 wrote:
> > > > 2009/9/24 Valmantas Palikša <walmis gmail com>:
> > > > > This patch allows us to see 11n bitrates in nm-applet's connection
> > > > > properties.
> > > > >
> > > > > Comments/suggestions?
> > > > 
> > > > Doesn't this break bitrate reporting on wext only drivers?
> > > 
> > > Good point.
> > > Maybe I should first try nl80211 and then revert back to wext if it
> > > fails.
> > 
> > Also, we probably don't want to include our own private copy of
> > nl80211.h the same way we don't have our own private copy of wireless.h
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
>