Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f54.google.com ([74.125.82.54]:38010 "EHLO mail-wg0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933133Ab3CSWIU (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:08:20 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id fm10so825434wgb.9 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:08:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Julian Calaby Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:07:59 +1100 Message-ID: (sfid-20130319_230824_479373_D54DB901) Subject: Re: IW channels list question To: Francisco Cuesta Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Francisco, Firstly, don't drop the mailing list CC, I do _not_ do private support. Secondly, don't top post. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Francisco Cuesta wrote: > Hi Julian, > > First of all thanks for replying. > > Concerning to the call of iw to the API in an openwrt system do you > know if this is the same? I mean, I have tried to find some file > called nl80211 but without succeeding. nl80211 is an interface with the kernel, it's not a file. It's essentially commands to control Wifi (802.11) interfaces over NetLink. All 'iw' commands, regardless of the Linux distribution or whatever use nl80211. > On the other hand, I'm working with openwrt and I was aware about the > eemprom stuff, indeed, I have enabled an openwrt feature that allows > you to force the atheros eemprom to take into account the regulatory > domain set by the user, but event though if I set Japan I don't see an > update on iw list channels. Is that due to the fact that my card > doesn't support such a frequency? That is most likely the case. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/