Re: rt2500pci master mode and hostapd

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 08:19:01PM +0300, Janne Tanskanen wrote:
> Hi! I build a wireless access point using a-link wl54pc (pcmcia card,  
> rt2500pci module) and hostapd 0.6.9 with kernel version 2.6.32-rc5.  
> Problem is that even tho hostapd starts and iwconfig shows wlan0 in  
> master mode, other computers cant find the wireless network.
>
> I found a working patch from here:  
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=32632#p32632 and  
> all works now with it applied to vanilla kernel. Just wanted to post  
> this to the mailing list and ask why it's not added to mainline rt2x00  
> kernel tree yet? Patch on forum is from May, almost half year ago.  
> Hopefully it'll be included to mainline kernel asap.

This is an old one -- sorry if no one got back to you sooner!
It looks to me like the equivalent of the patch you cited is available
in 2.6.34-rc1 (if not before) -- look for DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA and
rt2x00queue_align_frame.  There were some changes between 2.6.32-rc5
and now, but I'm not sure if they affect things for your or not.

Could you try 2.6.34-rc1 and see if things are working for you?

Thanks!

John
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