From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
To: Catalin Patulea <cat@vv.carleton.ca>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Atheros (madwifi/ath5k) virtual STA support
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:08:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090120200802.GF19581@tesla> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9664a4720901201133g5671c7f0x718c4bd187b1d901@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:33:13AM -0800, Catalin Patulea wrote:
> Hi linux-wireless,
>
> I'm interested in virtual STA support in madwifi and/or ath5k on an
> AR5414 (AR5006XS). Specifically, I want one physical wireless adapter
> to act as an infrastructure client on multiple networks. I understand
> the network will most likely need to be on the same channel.
>
> This is currently prohibited by the madwifi driver (haven't looked at
> ath5k thoroughly). What's the underlying reason for this? Someone on
> IRC mentioned powersaving, beacon handling and "other reasons". Can
> anyone elaborate?
Please use linux-wireless only for upstream drivers like ath5k or ath9k.
You will most likely see this first implemented in ath9k. Work is underway
for just that.
> Secondly, what is the procedure to get hardware documentation from
> Atheros? I'm specifically interested in the AR5414 datasheet.
Please see:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/specs#Atherosspecifications
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-20 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-20 19:33 Atheros (madwifi/ath5k) virtual STA support Catalin Patulea
2009-01-20 20:08 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2009-01-21 4:16 ` Catalin Patulea
2009-01-21 7:03 ` Michael Renzmann
2009-01-21 12:52 ` Johannes Berg
2009-01-21 16:38 ` Ben Greear
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