[package] madwifi: mode txpower to wifi-device section, but remain backwards compatible

[openwrt-10.03/.git] / package / madwifi / files / lib / wifi / madwifi.sh

diff --git a/package/madwifi/files/lib/wifi/madwifi.sh b/package/madwifi/files/lib/wifi/madwifi.sh
index 550bba7e552af968e3996f004c21f0a8ce4bee4f..52086f04bd9a5c1080b8cd1449768a488e5a7a67 100755 (executable)
--- a/package/madwifi/files/lib/wifi/madwifi.sh
+++ b/package/madwifi/files/lib/wifi/madwifi.sh
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ enable_atheros() {
        fi
        config_get channel "$device" channel
        config_get vifs "$device" vifs
+       config_get txpower "$device" txpower
 
        [ auto = "$channel" ] && channel=0
 
        local first=1
        for vif in $vifs; do
-               local start_hostapd
+               local start_hostapd vif_txpower
                nosbeacon=
                config_get ifname "$vif" ifname
                config_get enc "$vif" encryption
@@ -299,8 +300,14 @@ enable_atheros() {
                set_wifi_up "$vif" "$ifname"
 
                # TXPower settings only work if device is up already
-               config_get txpwr "$vif" txpower
-               [ -n "$txpwr" ] && iwconfig "$ifname" txpower "${txpwr%%.*}"
+               # while atheros hardware theoretically is capable of per-vif (even per-packet) txpower
+               # adjustment it does not work with the current atheros hal/madwifi driver
+
+               config_get vif_txpower "$vif" txpower
+               # use vif_txpower (from wifi-iface) instead of txpower (from wifi-device) if
+               # the latter doesn't exist
+               txpower="${txpower:-$vif_txpower}"
+               [ -z "$txpower" ] || iwconfig "$ifname" txpower "${txpower%%.*}"
 
                case "$mode" in
                        ap)