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4 .TH IWPRIV 8 "31 October 1996" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
9 iwpriv \- configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless
15 .BI "iwpriv [" interface ]
17 .BI "iwpriv " "interface private-command " "[" private-parameters ]
19 .BI "iwpriv " "interface private-command " [ I "] [" private-parameters ]
21 .BI "iwpriv " interface " --all"
27 is the companion tool to
30 deals with parameters and setting specific to each driver (as opposed to
32 which deals with generic ones).
36 list the available private commands available on each interface, and
37 the parameters that they require. Using this information, the user may
38 apply those interface specific commands on the specified interface.
40 In theory, the documentation of each device driver should indicate how
41 to use those interface specific commands and their effect.
47 .IR private-command " [" private-parameters ]
52 The command may optionally take or require arguments, and may display
53 information. Therefore, the command line parameters may or may not be
54 needed and should match the command expectations. The list of commands
57 displays (when called without argument) should give you some hints
58 about those parameters.
60 However you should refer to the device driver documentation for
61 information on how to properly use the command and the effect.
63 .IR "private-command " [ I "] [" private-parameters ]
66 (an integer) is passed to the command as a
68 Only some command will use the Token Index (most will ignore it), and
69 the driver documentation should tell you when it's needed.
72 Execute and display all the private commands that don't take any
73 arguments (i.e. read only).
78 For each device which support private commands,
80 will display the list of private commands available.
82 This include the name of the private command, the number or arguments
83 that may be set and their type, and the number or arguments that may
84 be display and their type.
86 For example, you may have the following display :
88 .B "eth0 Available private ioctl :"
90 .B " setqualthr (89F0) : set 1 byte & get 0"
92 .B " gethisto (89F7) : set 0 & get 16 int"
94 This indicate that you may set the quality threshold and display an
95 histogram of up to 16 values with the following commands :
97 .I " iwpriv eth0 setqualthr 20"
99 .I " iwpriv eth0 gethisto"
104 Jean Tourrilhes \- jt@hpl.hp.com
109 .I /proc/net/wireless