Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Ath5k: add AP mode

[Gregory Nietsky <gregory@dnstelecom.co.za>]

Gents it is great to see this happen one snippet more and you will be 
able to set the interface into AP mode from userspace hostapd and friends.


diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c 
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
index e09ed2c..69aad6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,

        hw->wiphy->interface_modes =
                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
+               BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) |
                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);


i have had it working and no complaints so far.

please note that as with mac80211_hwsim it is dependent on a patch

Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README

Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a
simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch

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Subject: mac80211: allow AP and VLAN modes

This patch allows switching interfaces into AP/VLAN modes using
cfg80211 (nl80211). Don't allow doing it with wext because then
people will just attempt to do it manually (without hostapd) and
complain that it doesn't work.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
 net/mac80211/cfg.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- everything.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c	2008-09-26 15:07:22.000000000 +0200
+++ everything/net/mac80211/cfg.c	2008-09-26 15:09:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static bool nl80211_type_check(enum nl80
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
 #endif
+	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS:
 		return true;
 	default:


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Regards Greg

Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Add support for AP mode. This involves:
> - enablement in ath5k_beacon_config -- initialize beacon timer
> - add AP to the supported modes in ath5k_add_interface
> - handle beacon change even for AP in ath5k_config_interface
> - remove useless test for IBSS in ath5k_beacon_update
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
> Cc: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c |   42 +++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
> index e09ed2c..d5d8e2d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
>   

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