Return-path: Received: from mx51.mymxserver.com ([85.199.173.110]:53776 "EHLO mx51.mymxserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754117AbYKTMIn (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:08:43 -0500 From: Holger Schurig To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: sysfs was displaying different values for level and noise than procfs Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:19 +0100 Cc: Pavel Roskin , "John W. Linville" , Andrey Borzenkov References: <200811151831.26403.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20081119200856.GH3485@tuxdriver.com> <1227131518.3571.16.camel@dv> In-Reply-To: <1227131518.3571.16.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <200811201308.19848.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> (sfid-20081120_130847_237904_C280A2B3) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > As for the procfs interface, it could be deprecated. Sysfs (at least /sys/class/net/*/wireless) is already deprecated, see the help text of WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS: ------------------------------------------- defined at net/wireless/Kconfig:64 This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics ^^^^^^^^^^ files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information is available via the ioctls as well. Say Y if you have programs using it, like old versions of hal. -------------------------------------------