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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
To: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, <ath10k@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: implement mesh support
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:10:38 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fv2o9cvl.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oahc9g9h.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (Kalle Valo's message of "Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:57:30 +0300")

Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> writes:

> Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> writes:
>
>> Add support for mesh to ath10k.  We simply use an AP virtual interface
>> in the firmware in order to enable beaconing without TSF adoption, and
>> use the raw (802.11) transmit mode.
>>
>> Due to firmware limitations, the firmware must operate in raw
>> (non-native 802.11) mode.  As this is configured at firmware init time,
>> a new "rawmode" modparam is added, and mesh interfaces are available
>> only if rawmode=true.  The firmware must advertise support for rawmode
>> (tested successfully with firmware 10.2.4.70-2).
>>
>> When loaded with rawmode=1, ath10k can operate an open mesh STA via
>> something like the following:
>>
>>     ip link set wlan0 down
>>     iw dev wlan0 set type mp
>>     ip link set wlan0 up
>>     iw dev wlan0 set freq 5745 80 5775
>>     iw dev wlan0 mesh join mesh-vht
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
>
> I did a quick smoke test and saw the splat below. It's this warning from
> cfg80211:
>
> 			/*
> 			 * Don't advertise an unsupported type
> 			 * in a combination.
> 			 */
> 			if (WARN_ON((wiphy->interface_modes & types) != types))
> 				return -EINVAL;

Forgot to mention that this was with 10.2.4.70.6-2 (which has the raw
feature bit set, will push it soon) but rawmode modparam not set. And I
had applied your patches on top of ath.git master branch (commit
d89281c7d6bb9).

-- 
Kalle Valo

  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-09  9:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-27 10:57 [PATCH 0/3] mesh support for ath10k Bob Copeland
2015-08-27 10:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] ath10k: enable monitor when OTHER_BSS requested Bob Copeland
2015-08-27 10:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] ath10k: check for encryption before adding MIC_LEN Bob Copeland
2015-08-27 10:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: implement mesh support Bob Copeland
2015-08-29 17:11   ` Jason Andryuk
2015-08-29 22:25     ` Bob Copeland
2015-08-30 17:43       ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
2015-09-16 12:39         ` Bob Copeland
2015-09-17 17:48           ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
2015-09-17 23:56             ` Peter Oh
2015-09-01  3:02       ` Jason Andryuk
2015-09-09  7:57   ` Kalle Valo
2015-09-09  9:10     ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2015-09-09 16:49       ` Bob Copeland
2015-09-10  5:46         ` Kalle Valo
2015-09-10  7:22         ` Johannes Berg
2015-09-15  7:21           ` Peter Oh
2015-09-16 12:32             ` Bob Copeland
2015-09-09 11:08     ` Bob Copeland

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