From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.62]:40490 "EHLO mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751081AbaL0SSj (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:18:39 -0500 Message-ID: <549EF7FD.5070702@broadcom.com> (sfid-20141227_191844_069409_B0235AF0) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:18:37 +0100 From: Arend van Spriel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cmcgS3JhdXNl?= CC: Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] brcmfmac: add multiple BSS support. References: <1417885078.22723.24.camel@posteo.de> In-Reply-To: <1417885078.22723.24.camel@posteo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/06/14 17:57, Jörg Krause wrote: > First, I just subscribed to this mailing list and copied the subject > from the archive. I didn't know better. > > Second, many thanks for this new feature to the Broadcom developers! > > I've tested this series of patches with the linux-next-20141205 kernel > on a custom ARM board with a BCM43362 chip running a Linux system build > with Buildroot. I'm using the wireless tools hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.3. > > I was able to create a virtual interface: > # iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan0_ap type __ap > > Add IP and set MAC: > # ip addr add 192.168.2.1/24 broadcast 255.255.255.0 dev > wlan0_ap > # ip link set dev wlan0_ap address 12:34:56:78:ab:ce > > Start hostapd with the following minimal configuration: > # cat /etc/hostapd-minimal.conf > interface=wlan0_ap > driver=nl80211 > ssid=myAP > channel=1 > # hostapd -B /etc/hostapd-minimal.conf > > Start dnsmasq daemon with minimal configuration: > # cat /etc/dnsmasq > interface=wlan0_ap > dhcp-range=192.168.2.2,192.168.2.254,24h > # dnsmasq > > > ifconfig shows: > wlan0_ap Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 12:34:56:78:AB:CE > inet addr:192.168.2.1 Bcast:255.255.255.0 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::1034:56ff:fe78:abce/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:60 (60.0 B) TX bytes:20728 (20.2 KiB) > > Looks good so far. > > Unfortunatly, I do not see any SSID 'myAP', but an SSID > 'BRCM_TEST_SSID'. Trying to associate with the SSID using wpa_supplicant > 2.3 fails. > > Do I missed something within the setup? Hi Jörg, I looked at the 43362 firmware, ie. using hexdump -C, and it contains the string BRCM_TEST_SSID. I already mentioned that being suspicious. So it may be a firmware issue. I recently bought a Cubietruck device, which has a 43362 module integrated, so I will try to replicate this. Regards, Arend > Best regards > Jörg Krause > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html