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README for USB8388
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DRIVER LOADING
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o. Copy the firmware image (e.g. usb8388.bin) to /lib/firmware/
o. Load driver by using the following command:
insmod usb8388.ko [fw_name=usb8388.bin]
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IWPRIV COMMAND
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NAME
This manual describes the usage of private commands used in Marvell WLAN
Linux Driver. All the commands available in Wlanconfig will not be available
in the iwpriv.
SYNOPSIS
iwpriv <ethX> <command> [sub-command] ...
iwpriv ethX setregioncode <n>
iwpriv ethX getregioncode
Version 5 Command:
iwpriv ethX ledgpio <n>
BT Commands:
The blinding table (BT) contains a list of mac addresses that will be,
by default, ignored by the firmware. It is also possible to invert this
behavior so that we will ignore all traffic except for the portion
coming from mac addresess in the list. It is primarily used for
debugging and testing networks. It can be edited and inspected with
the following commands:
iwpriv ethX bt_reset
iwpriv ethX bt_add <mac_address>
iwpriv ethX bt_del <mac_address>
iwpriv ethX bt_list <id>
iwpriv ethX bt_get_invert <n>
iwpriv ethX bt_set_invert <n>
FWT Commands:
The forwarding table (FWT) is a feature used to manage mesh network
routing in the firmware. The FWT is essentially a routing table that
associates a destination mac address (da) with a next hop receiver
address (ra). The FWT can be inspected and edited with the following
iwpriv commands, which are described in greater detail below.
Eventually, the table will be automatically maintained by a custom
routing protocol.
NOTE: FWT commands replace the previous DFT commands. What were the DFT
commands?, you might ask. They were an earlier API to the firmware that
implemented a simple MAC-layer forwarding mechanism. In the unlikely
event that you were using these commands, you must migrate to the new
FWT commands which can be used to achieve the same functionality.
iwpriv ethX fwt_add [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_del [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_lookup [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_list [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_list_route [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_list_neigh [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_reset [parameters]
iwpriv ethX fwt_cleanup
iwpriv ethX fwt_time
MESH Commands:
The MESH commands are used to configure various features of the mesh
routing protocol. The following commands are supported:
iwpriv ethX mesh_get_ttl
iwpriv ethX mesh_set_ttl ttl
DESCRIPTION
Those commands are used to send additional commands to the Marvell WLAN
card via the Linux device driver.
The ethX parameter specifies the network device that is to be used to
perform this command on. it could be eth0, eth1 etc.
setregioncode
This command is used to set the region code in the station.
where value is 'region code' for various regions like
USA FCC, Canada IC, Spain, France, Europe ETSI, Japan ...
Usage:
iwpriv ethX setregioncode 0x10: set region code to USA (0x10).
getregioncode
This command is used to get the region code information set in the
station.
ledgpio
This command is used to set/get LEDs.
iwpriv ethX ledgpio <LEDs>
will set the corresponding LED for the GPIO Line.
iwpriv ethX ledgpio
will give u which LEDs are Enabled.
Usage:
iwpriv eth1 ledgpio 1 0 2 1 3 4
will enable
LED 1 -> GPIO 0
LED 2 -> GPIO 1
LED 3 -> GPIO 4
iwpriv eth1 ledgpio
shows LED information in the format as mentioned above.
Note: LED0 is invalid
Note: Maximum Number of LEDs are 16.
fwt_add
This command is used to insert an entry into the FWT table. The list of
parameters must follow the following structure:
iwpriv ethX fwt_add da ra [metric dir rate ssn dsn hopcount ttl expiration sleepmode snr]
The parameters between brackets are optional, but they must appear in
the order specified. For example, if you want to specify the metric,
you must also specify the dir, ssn, and dsn but you need not specify the
hopcount, expiration, sleepmode, or snr. Any unspecified parameters
will be assigned the defaults specified below.
The different parameters are:-
da -- DA MAC address in the form 00:11:22:33:44:55
ra -- RA MAC address in the form 00:11:22:33:44:55
metric -- route metric (cost: smaller-metric routes are
preferred, default is 0)
dir -- direction (1 for direct, 0 for reverse,
default is 1)
rate -- data rate used for transmission to the RA,
as specified for the rateadapt command,
default is 3 (11Mbps)
ssn -- Source Sequence Number (time at the RA for
reverse routes. Default is 0)
dsn -- Destination Sequence Number (time at the DA
for direct routes. Default is 0)
hopcount -- hop count (currently unused, default is 0)
ttl -- TTL (Only used in reverse entries)
expiration -- entry expiration (in ticks, where a tick is
1024us, or ~ 1ms. Use 0 for an indefinite
entry, default is 0)
sleepmode -- RA's sleep mode (currently unused, default is
0)
snr -- SNR in the link to RA (currently unused,
default is 0)
The command does not return anything.
fwt_del
This command is used to remove an entry to the FWT table. The list of
parameters must follow the following structure:
iwpriv ethX fwt_del da ra [dir]
where the different parameters are:-
da -- DA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
ra -- RA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
dir -- direction (1 for direct, 0 for reverse,
default is 1)
The command does not return anything.
fwt_lookup
This command is used to get the best route in the FWT table to a given
host. The only parameter is the MAC address of the host that is being
looked for.
iwpriv ethX fwt_lookup da
where:-
da -- DA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
The command returns an output string identical to the one returned by
fwt_list described below.
fwt_list
This command is used to list a route from the FWT table. The only
parameter is the index into the table. If you want to list all the
routes in a table, start with index=0, and keep listing until you get a
"(null)" string. Note that the indicies may change as the fwt is
updated. It is expected that most users will not use fwt_list directly,
but that a utility similar to the traditional route command will be used
to invoke fwt_list over and over.
iwpriv ethX fwt_list index
The output is a string of the following form:
da ra valid metric dir rate ssn dsn hopcount ttl expiration
sleepmode snr precursor
where the different fields are:-
da -- DA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
ra -- RA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
valid -- whether the route is valid (0 if not valid)
metric -- route metric (cost: smaller-metric routes are preferred)
dir -- direction (1 for direct, 0 for reverse)
rate -- data rate used for transmission to the RA,
as specified for the rateadapt command
ssn -- Source Sequence Number (time at the RA for reverse routes)
dsn -- Destination Sequence Number (time at the DA for direct routes)
hopcount -- hop count (currently unused)
ttl -- TTL (only used in reverse entries)
expiration -- entry expiration (in ticks, where a tick is 1024us, or ~ 1ms. Use 0 for an indefinite entry)
sleepmode -- RA's sleep mode (currently unused)
snr -- SNR in the link to RA (currently unused)
precursor -- predecessor in direct routes
fwt_list_route
This command is equivalent to fwt_list.
fwt_list_neigh
This command is used to list a neighbor from the FWT table. The only
parameter is the neighbor ID. If you want to list all the neighbors in a
table, start with nid=0, and keep incrementing nid until you get a
"(null)" string. Note that the nid from a fwt_list_route command can be
used as an input to this command. Also note that this command is meant
mostly for debugging. It is expected that users will use fwt_lookup.
One important reason for this is that the neighbor id may change as the
neighbor table is altered.
iwpriv ethX fwt_list_neigh nid
The output is a string of the following form:
ra sleepmode snr references
where the different fields are:-
ra -- RA MAC address (in the form "00:11:22:33:44:55")
sleepmode -- RA's sleep mode (currently unused)
snr -- SNR in the link to RA (currently unused)
references -- RA's reference counter
fwt_reset
This command is used to reset the FWT table, getting rid of all the
entries. There are no input parameters.
iwpriv ethX fwt_reset
The command does not return anything.
fwt_cleanup
This command is used to perform user-based garbage recollection. The
FWT table is checked, and all the entries that are expired or invalid
are cleaned. Note that this is exported to the driver for debugging
purposes, as garbage collection is also fired by the firmware when in
space problems. There are no input parameters.
iwpriv ethX fwt_cleanup
The command does returns the number of invalid/expired routes deleted.
fwt_time
This command returns a card's internal time representation. It is this
time that is used to represent the expiration times of FWT entries. The
number is not consistent from card to card; it is simply a timer count.
The fwt_time command is used to inspect the timer so that expiration
times reported by fwt_list can be properly interpreted.
iwpriv ethX fwt_time
mesh_get_ttl
The mesh ttl is the number of hops a mesh packet can traverse before it
is dropped. This parameter is used to prevent infinite loops in the
mesh network. The value returned by this function is the ttl assigned
to all mesh packets. Currently there is no way to control the ttl on a
per packet or per socket basis.
iwpriv ethX mesh_get_ttl
mesh_set_ttl ttl
Set the ttl. The argument must be between 0 and 255.
iwpriv ethX mesh_set_ttl <ttl>
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ETHTOOL
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Use the -i option to retrieve version information from the driver.
# ethtool -i eth0
driver: libertas
version: COMM-USB8388-318.p4
firmware-version: 5.110.7
bus-info:
Use the -e option to read the EEPROM contents of the card.
Usage:
ethtool -e ethX [raw on|off] [offset N] [length N]
-e retrieves and prints an EEPROM dump for the specified ethernet
device. When raw is enabled, then it dumps the raw EEPROM data
to stdout. The length and offset parameters allow dumping cer-
tain portions of the EEPROM. Default is to dump the entire EEP-
ROM.
# ethtool -e eth0 offset 0 length 16
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0000 38 33 30 58 00 00 34 f4 00 00 10 00 00 c4 17 00
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DEBUGFS COMMANDS
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those commands are used via debugfs interface
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rdmac
rdbbp
rdrf
These commands are used to read the MAC, BBP and RF registers from the
card. These commands take one parameter that specifies the offset
location that is to be read. This parameter must be specified in
hexadecimal (its possible to preceed preceding the number with a "0x").
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/registers/
Usage:
echo "0xa123" > rdmac ; cat rdmac
echo "0xa123" > rdbbp ; cat rdbbp
echo "0xa123" > rdrf ; cat rdrf
wrmac
wrbbp
wrrf
These commands are used to write the MAC, BBP and RF registers in the
card. These commands take two parameters that specify the offset
location and the value that is to be written. This parameters must
be specified in hexadecimal (its possible to preceed the number
with a "0x").
Usage:
echo "0xa123 0xaa" > wrmac
echo "0xa123 0xaa" > wrbbp
echo "0xa123 0xaa" > wrrf
sleepparams
This command is used to set the sleepclock configurations
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/
Usage:
cat sleepparams: reads the current sleepclock configuration
echo "p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6" > sleepparams: writes the sleepclock configuration.
where:
p1 is Sleep clock error in ppm (0-65535)
p2 is Wakeup offset in usec (0-65535)
p3 is Clock stabilization time in usec (0-65535)
p4 is Control periodic calibration (0-2)
p5 is Control the use of external sleep clock (0-2)
p6 is reserved for debug (0-65535)
subscribed_events
The subscribed_events directory contains the interface for the
subscribed events API.
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/subscribed_events/
Each event is represented by a filename. Each filename consists of the
following three fields:
Value Frequency Subscribed
To read the current values for a given event, do:
cat event
To set the current values, do:
echo "60 2 1" > event
Frequency field specifies the reporting frequency for this event.
If it is set to 0, then the event is reported only once, and then
automatically unsubscribed. If it is set to 1, then the event is
reported every time it occurs. If it is set to N, then the event is
reported every Nth time it occurs.
beacon_missed
Value field specifies the number of consecutive missing beacons which
triggers the LINK_LOSS event. This event is generated only once after
which the firmware resets its state. At initialization, the LINK_LOSS
event is subscribed by default. The default value of MissedBeacons is
60.
failure_count
Value field specifies the consecutive failure count threshold which
triggers the generation of the MAX_FAIL event. Once this event is
generated, the consecutive failure count is reset to 0.
At initialization, the MAX_FAIL event is NOT subscribed by
default.
high_rssi
This event is generated when the average received RSSI in beacons goes
above a threshold, specified by Value.
low_rssi
This event is generated when the average received RSSI in beacons goes
below a threshold, specified by Value.
high_snr
This event is generated when the average received SNR in beacons goes
above a threshold, specified by Value.
low_snr
This event is generated when the average received SNR in beacons goes
below a threshold, specified by Value.
extscan
This command is used to do a specific scan.
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/
Usage: echo "SSID" > extscan
Example:
echo "LINKSYS-AP" > extscan
To see the results of use getscantable command.
getscantable
Display the current contents of the driver scan table (ie. get the
scan results).
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/
Usage:
cat getscantable
setuserscan
Initiate a customized scan and retrieve the results
Path: /debugfs/libertas_wireless/ethX/
Usage:
echo "[ARGS]" > setuserscan
where [ARGS]:
chan=[chan#][band][mode] where band is [a,b,g] and mode is
blank for active or 'p' for passive
bssid=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx specify a BSSID filter for the scan
ssid="[SSID]" specify a SSID filter for the scan
keep=[0 or 1] keep the previous scan results (1), discard (0)
dur=[scan time] time to scan for each channel in milliseconds
probes=[#] number of probe requests to send on each chan
type=[1,2,3] BSS type: 1 (Infra), 2(Adhoc), 3(Any)
Any combination of the above arguments can be supplied on the command line.
If the chan token is absent, a full channel scan will be completed by
the driver. If the dur or probes tokens are absent, the driver default
setting will be used. The bssid and ssid fields, if blank,
will produce an unfiltered scan. The type field will default to 3 (Any)
and the keep field will default to 0 (Discard).
Examples:
1) Perform an active scan on channels 1, 6, and 11 in the 'g' band:
echo "chan=1g,6g,11g" > setuserscan
2) Perform a passive scan on channel 11 for 20 ms:
echo "chan=11gp dur=20" > setuserscan
3) Perform an active scan on channels 1, 6, and 11; and a passive scan on
channel 36 in the 'a' band:
echo "chan=1g,6g,11g,36ap" > setuserscan
4) Perform an active scan on channel 6 and 36 for a specific SSID:
echo "chan=6g,36a ssid="TestAP"" > setuserscan
5) Scan all available channels (B/G, A bands) for a specific BSSID, keep
the current scan table intact, update existing or append new scan data:
echo "bssid=00:50:43:20:12:82 keep=1" > setuserscan
6) Scan channel 6, for all infrastructure networks, sending two probe
requests. Keep the previous scan table intact. Update any duplicate
BSSID/SSID matches with the new scan data:
echo "chan=6g type=1 probes=2 keep=1" > setuserscan
All entries in the scan table (not just the new scan data when keep=1)
will be displayed upon completion by use of the getscantable ioctl.
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