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| =============================================================================== |
| U S E R M A N U A L |
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| 1) FOR DRIVER INSTALL |
| |
| a) Copy sd8787.bin to /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory, |
| create the directory if it doesn't exist. |
| b) Install WLAN driver, |
| insmod mwifiex.ko |
| c) Uninstall WLAN driver, |
| ifconfig mlanX down |
| rmmod mwifiex |
| |
| |
| 2) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION AND INFO |
| The configurations can be done either using the 'iw' user space |
| utility or debugfs. |
| |
| a) 'iw' utility commands |
| |
| Following are some useful iw commands:- |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 scan |
| |
| This command will trigger a scan. |
| The command will then display the scan table entries |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 connect -w <SSID> [<freq in MHz>] [<bssid>] [key 0:abcde d:1123456789a] |
| The above command can be used to connect to an AP with a particular SSID. |
| Ap's operating frequency can be specified or even the bssid. If the AP is using |
| WEP encryption, wep keys can be specified in the command. |
| Note: Every time before connecting to an AP scan command (iw dev mlan0 scan) should be used by user. |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 disconnect |
| This command will be used to disconnect from an AP. |
| |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 ibss join <SSID> <freq in MHz> [fixed-freq] [fixed-bssid] [key 0:abcde] |
| The command will be used to join or create an ibss. Optionally, operating frequency, |
| bssid and the security related parameters can be specified while joining/creating |
| and ibss. |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 ibss leave |
| The command will be used to leave an ibss network. |
| |
| iw dev mlan0 link |
| The command will be used to get the connection status. The command will return parameters |
| such as SSID, operating frequency, rx/tx packets, signal strength, tx bitrate. |
| |
| Apart from the iw utility all standard configurations using the 'iwconfig' utility are also supported. |
| |
| b) Debugfs interface |
| |
| The debugfs interface can be used for configurations and for getting |
| some useful information from the driver. |
| The section below explains the configurations that can be |
| done. |
| |
| Mount debugfs to /debugfs mount point: |
| |
| mkdir /debugfs |
| mount -t debugfs debugfs /debugfs |
| |
| The information is provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/: |
| |
| iw reg set <country code> |
| The command will be used to change the regulatory domain. |
| |
| iw reg get |
| The command will be used to get current regulatory domain. |
| |
| info |
| This command is used to get driver info. |
| |
| Usage: |
| cat info |
| |
| driver_name = "mwifiex" |
| driver_version = <driver_name, driver_version, (firmware_version)> |
| interface_name = "mlanX" |
| bss_mode = "Ad-hoc" | "Managed" | "Auto" | "Unknown" |
| media_state = "Disconnected" | "Connected" |
| mac_address = <6-byte adapter MAC address> |
| multicase_count = <multicast address count> |
| essid = <current SSID> |
| bssid = <current BSSID> |
| channel = <current channel> |
| region_code = <current region code> |
| multicasr_address[n] = <multicast address> |
| num_tx_bytes = <number of bytes sent to device> |
| num_rx_bytes = <number of bytes received from device and sent to kernel> |
| num_tx_pkts = <number of packets sent to device> |
| num_rx_pkts = <number of packets received from device and sent to kernel> |
| num_tx_pkts_dropped = <number of Tx packets dropped by driver> |
| num_rx_pkts_dropped = <number of Rx packets dropped by driver> |
| num_tx_pkts_err = <number of Tx packets failed to send to device> |
| num_rx_pkts_err = <number of Rx packets failed to receive from device> |
| carrier "on" | "off" |
| tx queue "stopped" | "started" |
| |
| The following debug info are provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/debug: |
| |
| int_counter = <interrupt count, cleared when interrupt handled> |
| wmm_ac_vo = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcVo queue> |
| wmm_ac_vi = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcVi queue> |
| wmm_ac_be = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcBE queue> |
| wmm_ac_bk = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcBK queue> |
| tx_buf_size = <current Tx buffer size> |
| curr_tx_buf_size = <current Tx buffer size> |
| ps_mode = <0/1, CAM mode/PS mode> |
| ps_state = <0/1/2/3, full power state/awake state/pre-sleep state/sleep state> |
| is_deep_sleep = <0/1, not deep sleep state/deep sleep state> |
| wakeup_dev_req = <0/1, wakeup device not required/required> |
| wakeup_tries = <wakeup device count, cleared when device awake> |
| hs_configured = <0/1, host sleep not configured/configured> |
| hs_activated = <0/1, extended host sleep not activated/activated> |
| num_tx_timeout = <number of Tx timeout> |
| is_cmd_timedout = <0/1 command timeout not occurred/occurred> |
| timeout_cmd_id = <command id of the last timeout command> |
| timeout_cmd_act = <command action of the last timeout command> |
| last_cmd_id = <command id of the last several commands sent to device> |
| last_cmd_act = <command action of the last several commands sent to device> |
| last_cmd_index = <0 based last command index> |
| last_cmd_resp_id = <command id of the last several command responses received from device> |
| last_cmd_resp_index = <0 based last command response index> |
| last_event = <event id of the last several events received from device> |
| last_event_index = <0 based last event index> |
| num_cmd_h2c_fail = <number of commands failed to send to device> |
| num_cmd_sleep_cfm_fail = <number of sleep confirm failed to send to device> |
| num_tx_h2c_fail = <number of data packets failed to send to device> |
| num_evt_deauth = <number of deauthenticated events received from device> |
| num_evt_disassoc = <number of disassociated events received from device> |
| num_evt_link_lost = <number of link lost events received from device> |
| num_cmd_deauth = <number of deauthenticate commands sent to device> |
| num_cmd_assoc_ok = <number of associate commands with success return> |
| num_cmd_assoc_fail = <number of associate commands with failure return> |
| cmd_sent = <0/1, send command resources available/sending command to device> |
| data_sent = <0/1, send data resources available/sending data to device> |
| mp_rd_bitmap = <SDIO multi-port read bitmap> |
| mp_wr_bitmap = <SDIO multi-port write bitmap> |
| cmd_resp_received = <0/1, no cmd response to process/response received and yet to process> |
| event_received = <0/1, no event to process/event received and yet to process> |
| cmd_pending = <number of cmd pending> |
| tx_pending = <number of Tx packet pending> |
| rx_pending = <number of Rx packet pending> |
| |
| |
| 3) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION |
| |
| regrdwr |
| This command is used to read/write the adapter register. |
| |
| Usage: |
| echo " <type> <offset> [value]" > regrdwr |
| cat regrdwr |
| |
| where the parameters are, |
| <type>: 1:MAC/SOC, 2:BBP, 3:RF, 4:PMIC, 5:CAU |
| <offset>: offset of register |
| [value]: value to be written |
| |
| Examples: |
| echo "1 0xa060" > regrdwr : Read the MAC register |
| echo "1 0xa060 0x12" > regrdwr : Write the MAC register |
| echo "1 0xa794 0x80000000" > regrdwr |
| : Write 0x80000000 to MAC register |
| rdeeprom |
| This command is used to read the EEPROM contents of the card. |
| |
| Usage: |
| echo "<offset> <length>" > rdeeprom |
| cat rdeeprom |
| |
| where the parameters are, |
| <offset>: multiples of 4 |
| <length>: 4-20, multiples of 4 |
| |
| Example: |
| echo "0 20" > rdeeprom : Read 20 bytes of EEPROM data from offset 0 |
| |
| getlog |
| This command is used to get the statistics available in the station. |
| Usage: |
| |
| cat getlog |
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