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Does NLCP support the function "Set Nickname"?

Antony Y
Prodigy 60 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: WL1281

Hello,

 

Does NLCP support the function "Set Nickname"?
If yes, please let me know why "Set Nickname" function is not working on NLCP.

 

[Reproduction procedure]
  (case of "iwconfig")

/ # iwconfig wlan0 nick SampleNickname
Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

 

[Condition for test]
  Chipset: WL1281 (This is not in the LS Research module on PandaBoard)
  Firmware: Rev 7.1.5.50.74 (This firmware file is "wl128x-fw.bin" in "git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git")
  NVS file: modified against "wl128x-nvs.bin" in "git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git"
  Host board: PandaBoard
  Host OS: Linux 2.6.39
  WLAN driver: NLCP  <--- git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/luca/wl12xx.git
  iwconfig: version29 <--- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html

  iw: version 3.0 <--- http://linuxwireless.org/download/iw/iw-3.0.tar.bz2

 

[Remarks]

  The other basic functions can be used. (Ex. scan, connect, disconnect, etc)

  For the function "Set Bit Rate", a similar error occurred.

  (case of "iwconfig")
/ # iwconfig wlan0 bit 1M
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

  (case of "iw")
/ # ./iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1
command failed: Operation not supported (-95)

 

Thanks very much.

 

  • 0
    TI__Genius 9240 points

    Hi,

     

    I verified "iwconfig wlan0 bit 1M" and "iwconfig wlan0 nick SampleNickname" on my board and we get the same thing, as far as know iwconfig in general is not maintained any more and most users in the WLAN open source will not use it, so the commands that are supported so far will be supported however no evolvement and maintenance will be done for iwconfig

     

    Regards,

     

    Eyal

     

  • 0 in reply to Eyal a
    Prodigy 60 points

    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I understood that NLCP will be not maintained for "iwconfig".
    But I think that NLCP and "iw" will be maintained for their cooperation.

    Why does this following result occur?
    Is NLCP still not supported for the function "set bitrates" of "iw"?

      (case of "iw")
    / # ./iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1
    command failed: Operation not supported (-95)

    Sincerely,

    Antony