From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:36690 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753799Ab1AKO7G (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:59:06 -0500 Received: by bwz15 with SMTP id 15so20164165bwz.19 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:59:05 -0800 (PST) From: Helmut Schaa To: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: 5GHz 802.11n USB Adapter Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:57:46 +0100 Cc: Jason Andryuk , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Ivo Van Doorn , Gertjan van Wingerde , Johannes Stezenbach References: <201101101703.45802.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> <87ipxvfqg1.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> In-Reply-To: <87ipxvfqg1.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <201101111557.46845.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2011 schrieb Kalle Valo: > Helmut Schaa writes: > > >> If some hardware models don't support broadcast/multicast buffering in > >> that case the driver shouldn't allow AP mode, at least not in mainline > >> kernels. We shouldn't break the standarnd knowingly. > >> > >> From a quick grep it looks like rt2800usb enables AP mode. Is that the > >> case or did I misunderstood something? > > > > You're right, rt2800usb enables AP mode despite the lack of proper > > mc- and bc buffering. > > Ok, thanks. I'll try to come up with a patch which disables AP mode > for rt2800usb. Fine with me but AFAIK there are quite some users out there that use rt2800usb in AP mode. In the end Ivo or Gertjan should have a chance to comment ;) And furthermore Johannes Stezenbach is interested in getting rt2800usb to do the mc- and bc buffering correctly. Not sure if he already had a chance to investigate more. Helmut