[patch] wext stats in dbm

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Hi,

wireless_ext 19 defines a new flag IW_QUAL_DBM for wstats -- as our
stats are measured in dbm this patch sets it.
This lets iwconfig & /proc/net/wireless display more sensible results.

with this patch /proc/net/wireless shows

level -58 noise -95 


Cheers

Richard





Index: src/p80211/p80211wext.c
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--- src/p80211/p80211wext.c	(revision 1805)
+++ src/p80211/p80211wext.c	(working copy)
@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@
 	wstats->qual.level = quality.level.data;  /* instant signal level */
 	wstats->qual.noise = quality.noise.data;  /* instant noise level */
 
+#if WIRELESS_EXT > 18
+	wstats->qual.updated = IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED | IW_QUAL_DBM;
+#else
 	wstats->qual.updated = 7;
+#endif
+
 	wstats->discard.code = wlandev->rx.decrypt_err;
 	wstats->discard.nwid = 0;
 	wstats->discard.misc = 0;


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Index: src/p80211/p80211wext.c
===================================================================
--- src/p80211/p80211wext.c	(revision 1805)
+++ src/p80211/p80211wext.c	(working copy)
@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@
 	wstats->qual.level = quality.level.data;  /* instant signal level */
 	wstats->qual.noise = quality.noise.data;  /* instant noise level */
 
+#if WIRELESS_EXT > 18
+	wstats->qual.updated = IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED | IW_QUAL_DBM;
+#else
 	wstats->qual.updated = 7;
+#endif
+
 	wstats->discard.code = wlandev->rx.decrypt_err;
 	wstats->discard.nwid = 0;
 	wstats->discard.misc = 0;

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