From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.30]:58211 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752061AbYJVOTm (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:19:42 -0400 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so547654ywe.1 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48FF3676.1060909@gmail.com> (sfid-20081022_161949_669829_629890D9) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:19:34 +0200 From: Jiri Slaby MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Kossifidis CC: Gregory Nietsky , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net, "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Ath5k: add AP mode References: <1223844850-26551-1-git-send-email-jirislaby@gmail.com> <40f31dec0810211108l6700d806o4804b43d9fe47bf7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <40f31dec0810211108l6700d806o4804b43d9fe47bf7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/21/2008 08:08 PM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > 2008/10/12 Jiri Slaby : >> 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 >> >> Note that it doesn't enable the AP mode for the driver. It must >> be enabled by NL80211_IFTYPE_AP bit added to interface_modes. [...] > a) It won't work without the following as Gregory pointed out This was intentional, see the changelog. > b) For some reason it only works with 5212/5213 cards, i tested it on > a 5413 and an 2425 and it didn't work (hostapd seems to hang). I've ordered 5413 ;), will come with updates. Thanks for testing, Nick.