From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
To: Guido Iribarren <guidoiribarren@buenosaireslibre.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Rodriguez Luis <rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com>,
ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org,
Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@qca.qualcomm.com>,
Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: Fix a WARNING in suspend/resume with IBSS
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:30:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FCA5BCE.8080104@openwrt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHD-aq+wyT2Rm-uYaA34Wspm1+J79=eyCbpiD=T4ti3Bv-MP9g@mail.gmail.com>
On 2012-06-02 8:14 PM, Guido Iribarren wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
>>
>> The sets are mutually exclusive, and there are implied sets of each
>> interface with a max number of 1. So for example, in iwlwifi we don't
>> advertise IBSS in the combinations at all, because it's not compatible
>> with anything. In your case, I think the same applies, since you said
>>
>> if the first interface is ADHOC we cannot have any other
>> interface. we cannot add an ADHOC interface if there is already
>> an interface is present
>
> I've been following the thread and still can't get this confusion out
> of my head:
> i'm currently using kernel 3.3.2 (openwrt trunk r31439), with Atheros
> AR9285 and i can succesfully combine IBSS interface with AP or STA
> modes...
>
> # iw dev
> phy#0
> Interface wlan0-1
> ifindex 11
> type AP
> Interface wlan0-2
> ifindex 10
> type IBSS
> Interface wlan0
> ifindex 9
> type AP
>
> So, does this patch mean this functionality will be lost in future
> versions of ath9k?
> or maybe it is officially unsupported and openwrt has patches applied?
> or, even worse, I completely misunderstood what you're talking about?
> (in that case i'm sorry for the noise)
It's officially unsupported, OpenWrt has patches to enable it.
- Felix
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-02 18:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-01 6:39 [PATCH] ath9k: Fix a WARNING in suspend/resume with IBSS Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan
2012-06-01 6:44 ` Johannes Berg
2012-06-01 7:09 ` Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan
2012-06-01 7:13 ` Johannes Berg
2012-06-02 15:27 ` Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan
2012-06-02 17:45 ` Johannes Berg
2012-06-02 18:14 ` [ath9k-devel] " Guido Iribarren
2012-06-02 18:30 ` Felix Fietkau [this message]
2012-06-04 15:46 ` Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan
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