Manual Page - athdebug(8)
Manual Reference Pages - ATHDEBUG (8)
NAME
athdebug - control the debug output from the madwifi device subsystem
CONTENTS
SYNOPSIS
athdebug [-i device] +/- bitmap
DESCRIPTION
Set and clear debug bitmaps for the madwifi ath device subsystem. Each argument
is a bitmap or its alias. If a bitmap alias is used then it must be prefixed by
either "-" to clear or "+" to set the corresponding bitmap.
All debugging output can be enabled with the 0xffffffff bitmap, while 0x0
disables all debug output.
OPTIONS
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-? |
Display usage and list all debug flags.
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-i device |
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The madwifi device to apply the settings to. If no interface is specified,
athdebug defaults to wifi0.
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+/- bitmap |
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Set (+) or clear (-) a debug flag.
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BITMAP ALIASES
xmit - transmit of packets, just before they go out to the HW
xmit_desc - transmit descriptors
recv - received packets, directly from the HW
recv_desc - recv descriptors
rate - rate control modules
reset - reset processing and inititalization
mode - mode initialization and changes
beacon - beacon handling
watchdog - watchdog timeout
intr - interrupt processing
xmit_proc - processing of transmit descriptors
recv_proc - processing of receive descriptors
beacon_proc - beacon processing
calibrate - periodic re-calibration
keycache - key cache management
state - 802.11 state transitions
node - node management
ff - fast frame handling
fatal fatal errors
EXAMPLES
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athdebug -i wifi1 0xffffffff |
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Enable all debug bitmaps on wifi1.
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athdebug +rate |
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Enable rate debug bitmap on wifi0.
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athdebug -rate |
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Clear rate bitmap on wifi0.
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SEE ALSO
80211debug(8), http://madwifi.org/wiki/DevDocs/AthDebug
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au> and was based
upon previous text written by Eric S. Raymond.
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| ATHDEBUG (8) | February 2006 |
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