sd8686 driver: scanning signal quality problems
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moblin Kernel |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Don Johnson |
Bug Description
The Marvell sd8686 driver always reports a signal quality of 0 for returned scan results.
This effects the gnome-system-tools network-admin application which uses signal quality to display bar graphs to the user ( which all end up reading 0% ).
There are three ways to reproduce:
1. Follow the instructions in bug: https:/
2. Run the following command as root:
iwlist wlan0 scan
notice that all the signal strengths are listed as 0/100.
3. Write a sample program which uses the SIOCGIWSCAN ioctl to scan... note, there's a fair amount of code to write to verify the bug using this method. Examples can be found in NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant and gnome-system-tools.
Changed in moblin-kernel: | |
assignee: | nobody → feng-tang |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
milestone: | none → m11 |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in moblin-kernel: | |
assignee: | feng-tang → johnson |
Updating status for acton to critical as the driver is not providing standard information used in the UI. Need to schedule meeting to discuss resolution plan.