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22 a) Copy sd8787.bin to /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory,
23 create the directory if it doesn't exist.
24 b) Install WLAN driver,
26 c) Uninstall WLAN driver,
31 2) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION AND INFO
32 The configurations can be done either using the 'iw' user space
35 a) 'iw' utility commands
37 Following are some useful iw commands:-
41 This command will trigger a scan.
42 The command will then display the scan table entries
44 iw dev mlan0 connect -w <SSID> [<freq in MHz>] [<bssid>] [key 0:abcde d:1123456789a]
45 The above command can be used to connect to an AP with a particular SSID.
46 Ap's operating frequency can be specified or even the bssid. If the AP is using
47 WEP encryption, wep keys can be specified in the command.
48 Note: Every time before connecting to an AP scan command (iw dev mlan0 scan) should be used by user.
50 iw dev mlan0 disconnect
51 This command will be used to disconnect from an AP.
54 iw dev mlan0 ibss join <SSID> <freq in MHz> [fixed-freq] [fixed-bssid] [key 0:abcde]
55 The command will be used to join or create an ibss. Optionally, operating frequency,
56 bssid and the security related parameters can be specified while joining/creating
59 iw dev mlan0 ibss leave
60 The command will be used to leave an ibss network.
63 The command will be used to get the connection status. The command will return parameters
64 such as SSID, operating frequency, rx/tx packets, signal strength, tx bitrate.
66 Apart from the iw utility all standard configurations using the 'iwconfig' utility are also supported.
70 The debugfs interface can be used for configurations and for getting
71 some useful information from the driver.
72 The section below explains the configurations that can be
75 Mount debugfs to /debugfs mount point:
78 mount -t debugfs debugfs /debugfs
80 The information is provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/:
82 iw reg set <country code>
83 The command will be used to change the regulatory domain.
86 The command will be used to get current regulatory domain.
89 This command is used to get driver info.
94 driver_name = "mwifiex"
95 driver_version = <driver_name, driver_version, (firmware_version)>
96 interface_name = "mlanX"
97 bss_mode = "Ad-hoc" | "Managed" | "Auto" | "Unknown"
98 media_state = "Disconnected" | "Connected"
99 mac_address = <6-byte adapter MAC address>
100 multicase_count = <multicast address count>
101 essid = <current SSID>
102 bssid = <current BSSID>
103 channel = <current channel>
104 region_code = <current region code>
105 multicasr_address[n] = <multicast address>
106 num_tx_bytes = <number of bytes sent to device>
107 num_rx_bytes = <number of bytes received from device and sent to kernel>
108 num_tx_pkts = <number of packets sent to device>
109 num_rx_pkts = <number of packets received from device and sent to kernel>
110 num_tx_pkts_dropped = <number of Tx packets dropped by driver>
111 num_rx_pkts_dropped = <number of Rx packets dropped by driver>
112 num_tx_pkts_err = <number of Tx packets failed to send to device>
113 num_rx_pkts_err = <number of Rx packets failed to receive from device>
115 tx queue "stopped" | "started"
117 The following debug info are provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/debug:
119 int_counter = <interrupt count, cleared when interrupt handled>
120 wmm_ac_vo = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcVo queue>
121 wmm_ac_vi = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcVi queue>
122 wmm_ac_be = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcBE queue>
123 wmm_ac_bk = <number of packets sent to device from WMM AcBK queue>
124 max_tx_buf_size = <maximum Tx buffer size>
125 tx_buf_size = <current Tx buffer size>
126 curr_tx_buf_size = <current Tx buffer size>
127 ps_mode = <0/1, CAM mode/PS mode>
128 ps_state = <0/1/2/3, full power state/awake state/pre-sleep state/sleep state>
129 is_deep_sleep = <0/1, not deep sleep state/deep sleep state>
130 wakeup_dev_req = <0/1, wakeup device not required/required>
131 wakeup_tries = <wakeup device count, cleared when device awake>
132 hs_configured = <0/1, host sleep not configured/configured>
133 hs_activated = <0/1, extended host sleep not activated/activated>
134 num_tx_timeout = <number of Tx timeout>
135 num_cmd_timeout = <number of timeout commands>
136 timeout_cmd_id = <command id of the last timeout command>
137 timeout_cmd_act = <command action of the last timeout command>
138 last_cmd_id = <command id of the last several commands sent to device>
139 last_cmd_act = <command action of the last several commands sent to device>
140 last_cmd_index = <0 based last command index>
141 last_cmd_resp_id = <command id of the last several command responses received from device>
142 last_cmd_resp_index = <0 based last command response index>
143 last_event = <event id of the last several events received from device>
144 last_event_index = <0 based last event index>
145 num_cmd_h2c_fail = <number of commands failed to send to device>
146 num_cmd_sleep_cfm_fail = <number of sleep confirm failed to send to device>
147 num_tx_h2c_fail = <number of data packets failed to send to device>
148 num_evt_deauth = <number of deauthenticated events received from device>
149 num_evt_disassoc = <number of disassociated events received from device>
150 num_evt_link_lost = <number of link lost events received from device>
151 num_cmd_deauth = <number of deauthenticate commands sent to device>
152 num_cmd_assoc_ok = <number of associate commands with success return>
153 num_cmd_assoc_fail = <number of associate commands with failure return>
154 cmd_sent = <0/1, send command resources available/sending command to device>
155 data_sent = <0/1, send data resources available/sending data to device>
156 mp_rd_bitmap = <SDIO multi-port read bitmap>
157 mp_wr_bitmap = <SDIO multi-port write bitmap>
158 cmd_resp_received = <0/1, no cmd response to process/response received and yet to process>
159 event_received = <0/1, no event to process/event received and yet to process>
160 cmd_pending = <number of cmd pending>
161 tx_pending = <number of Tx packet pending>
162 rx_pending = <number of Rx packet pending>
165 3) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION
168 This command is used to read/write the adapter register.
171 echo " <type> <offset> [value]" > regrdwr
174 where the parameters are,
175 <type>: 1:MAC/SOC, 2:BBP, 3:RF, 4:PMIC, 5:CAU
176 <offset>: offset of register
177 [value]: value to be written
180 echo "1 0xa060" > regrdwr : Read the MAC register
181 echo "1 0xa060 0x12" > regrdwr : Write the MAC register
182 echo "1 0xa794 0x80000000" > regrdwr
183 : Write 0x80000000 to MAC register
185 This command is used to read the EEPROM contents of the card.
188 echo "<offset> <length>" > rdeeprom
191 where the parameters are,
192 <offset>: multiples of 4
193 <length>: 4-20, multiples of 4
196 echo "0 20" > rdeeprom : Read 20 bytes of EEPROM data from offset 0
199 This command is used to get the statistics available in the station.
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