From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:57987 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756984Ab0CLQas (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:30:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:41 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Janne Tanskanen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rt2500pci master mode and hostapd Message-ID: <20100312162040.GA17689@tuxdriver.com> References: <4ADF4285.7010405@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4ADF4285.7010405@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.