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Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] ([81.196.40.93]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-439fe23afc5sm13104241f8f.39.2026.03.12.15.20.16 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <95d34233-e5d4-43fc-9478-b9b46510b01a@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:20:16 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Enable AP mode for RTL8188EU From: Bitterblue Smith To: =?UTF-8?Q?Georg_M=C3=BCller?= , Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260312142155.2642993-1-georgmueller@gmx.net> <093ad0f2-8265-4560-a51f-397eb34f7f1c@gmail.com> <98711825-cbf3-46ad-a26c-9f1d284480ac@gmx.net> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 12/03/2026 19:06, Bitterblue Smith wrote: > On 12/03/2026 18:08, Georg Müller wrote: >> >> Am 12.03.26 um 16:58 schrieb Bitterblue Smith: >>> On 12/03/2026 16:21, Georg Müller wrote: >>>> Allow devices with this driver to be used as a wireless access point. >>>> >>>> I successfully tested this with a TP-Link TP-Link TL-WN725N adapter. >>>> >>>> Experiments two years ago failed, but some other improvements to the >>>> driver seemed to have resolved theses issues. >>>> >>> >>> The rate control code still doesn't handle more than one station. >>> It's not going to work right. >>> >>> It shouldn't be too complicated. The ra_info member of rtl8xxxu_priv >>> needs to become an array. >> >> Ok, I have only tested it with one client in my setup. >> >> So the ra_info array needs to of size max_macid_num? >> Dynamically allocated or hard-coded in struct rtl8xxxu_priv (8188e seems >> to be the only user of struct rtl8xxxu_ra_info)? >> > > Yes. :) > > Also, if I remember correctly, there was a member of rtl8xxxu_ra_info > that needs to be moved to rtl8xxxu_priv, because it's a global thing, > not per macid. > Ah, we talked about it before: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/938ae608-a865-4056-06de-c230d74e1847@gmail.com/ >> Best regards, >> Georg >> >