values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205

values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205

[Daniel Lublin]

I'm on a thinkpad X230 with Intel Advanced-N 6205 card, iwlwifi driver. 

Reading /proc/net/wireless, I find that the values there does not change. No 
matter me moving around, changing distance to my AP. On my old machine (X60), 
I was used to sometimes using for example wavemon(1) to find out where I get 
the best reception. I this a limitation of my network card, driver, or some 
combitation? As designed, or a flaw?

The values in question: Quality link/level/noise: 52.  -58.  -256

Re: values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205

[Johannes Berg]

On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 07:55 +0000, Daniel Lublin wrote:
> I'm on a thinkpad X230 with Intel Advanced-N 6205 card, iwlwifi driver. 
> 
> Reading /proc/net/wireless, I find that the values there does not change. No 
> matter me moving around, changing distance to my AP. On my old machine (X60), 
> I was used to sometimes using for example wavemon(1) to find out where I get 
> the best reception. I this a limitation of my network card, driver, or some 
> combitation? As designed, or a flaw?

The fix just went into net.git.

johannes

Re: values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205

[Daniel Lublin]

> The fix just went into net.git.

Aha! There you go. Where do I find it? Beginner kernel git diver...

Re: values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205

[Johannes Berg]

On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 08:30 +0000, Daniel Lublin wrote:
> > The fix just went into net.git.
> 
> Aha! There you go. Where do I find it? Beginner kernel git diver...

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=9c5a18a31b321f120efda412281bb9f610f84aa0

johannes