Re: rtl8180: the network interface is not anymore created

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

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Fabio Rossi wrote:
> I was using successfully the rtl8180 driver but after last git-pull the 
> network interface (wlan0) is not anymore created.
> 
> I have discovered the problem: there has been a change in mac80211, commit 
> 3fc7826b95521e40cf53f63437a5fdcc24e54ac4. The problem is that the bit 
> NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION is not set during the hardware initialization.
> 
> I guess that the problem might be solved inserting the following line of code
> 
>     dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
> 
> somewhere in rtl8180_dev.c but I don't know which is the right point to do so.

Fabio,

Does this patch fix it for you?

Larry

Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8180_probe(struc
 	dev->flags = IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
 		     IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS |
 		     IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC;
+	dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
 	dev->queues = 1;
 	dev->max_signal = 65;



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Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8180_probe(struc
 	dev->flags = IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
 		     IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS |
 		     IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC;
+	dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
 	dev->queues = 1;
 	dev->max_signal = 65;