Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 20:25:58 -0600
From: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [WEXT]: multiple calls for SIOCGIWSTATS return same value
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On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:33:08 +0200
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> > There is a similar behaviour for scan results: the signal levels reported
> > for stations remain the same for all subsequent calls. Previously these
> > also changed with time and position of receiver.  
> 
> You mean BSSes, not stations, right? This is very strange - it seems
> those should be two entirely different code paths in the kernel.
> 
> What driver are you using? But then again, you said nl80211/iw works,
> right? Then the driver shouldn't matter.
> 
> Do you think you'd be able to use tracing?

Many thanks for providing the patch. I just tried it and it fixed both problems
(access point signal level/quality and signal level reported for BSSes in scan
result). Not sure if trace results are still needed, but I can do that if needed.

Will also work on porting wavemon to nl80211 now.

Thanks again,
Gerrit