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15
16
17===============================================================================
18			U S E R  M A N U A L
19
201) FOR DRIVER INSTALL
21
22	a) Copy sd8787.bin to /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory,
23	   create the directory if it doesn't exist.
24	b) Install WLAN driver,
25		insmod mwifiex.ko
26	c) Uninstall WLAN driver,
27		ifconfig mlanX down
28		rmmod mwifiex
29
30
312) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION AND INFO
32	The configurations can be done either using the 'iw' user space
33	utility or debugfs.
34
35	a) 'iw' utility commands
36
37	Following are some useful iw commands:-
38
39iw dev mlan0 scan
40
41	This command will trigger a scan.
42	The command will then display the scan table entries
43
44iw 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.
49
50iw dev mlan0 disconnect
51	This command will be used to disconnect from an AP.
52
53
54iw 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
57	and ibss.
58
59iw dev mlan0 ibss leave
60	The command will be used to leave an ibss network.
61
62iw dev mlan0 link
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.
65
66	Apart from the iw utility all standard configurations using the 'iwconfig' utility are also supported.
67
68	b) Debugfs interface
69
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
73	done.
74
75	Mount debugfs to /debugfs mount point:
76
77		mkdir /debugfs
78		mount -t debugfs debugfs /debugfs
79
80	The information is provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/:
81
82iw reg set <country code>
83	The command will be used to change the regulatory domain.
84
85iw reg get
86	The command will be used to get current regulatory domain.
87
88info
89	This command is used to get driver info.
90
91	Usage:
92		cat info
93
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>
114	carrier "on" | "off"
115	tx queue "stopped" | "started"
116
117	The following debug info are provided in /debugfs/mwifiex/mlanX/debug:
118
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>
163
164
1653) FOR DRIVER CONFIGURATION
166
167regrdwr
168	This command is used to read/write the adapter register.
169
170	Usage:
171		echo " <type> <offset> [value]" > regrdwr
172		cat regrdwr
173
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
178
179	Examples:
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
184rdeeprom
185	This command is used to read the EEPROM contents of the card.
186
187	Usage:
188		echo "<offset> <length>" > rdeeprom
189		cat rdeeprom
190
191	where the parameters are,
192		<offset>:   multiples of 4
193		<length>:   4-20, multiples of 4
194
195	Example:
196		echo "0 20" > rdeeprom      : Read 20 bytes of EEPROM data from offset 0
197
198getlog
199        This command is used to get the statistics available in the station.
200	Usage:
201
202	cat getlog
203
204===============================================================================
205