Thank you for your reply.
Is it possible to write a separate kernel module that reads that register
value when the ath5k driver is in use?
Or would I have to modify the ath5k driver code directly to have access to
the desired registers?

Thanks,
Miklos Christine

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Pavel Roskin <pro...@gnu.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 17:15 -0700, Miklos Christine wrote:
>
> > I am currently using Ubuntu 9.10 with kernel 2.6.31-20 and am using
> > ath5k with a Proxim Orinocowireless 802.11bg card that uses the
> > AR5212/AR5213 chipset.
> > I am trying to find a way to run ath_info to sample the register
> > values periodically with microsecond resolution.
>
> ath_info is a hack that should not be used for anything serious.  The
> right way to access hardware registers is from the kernel code.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
>
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