ath6kl hostapd

[Anthony Ginger <mapfly@gmail.com>]

Hi All,

Can ath6kl support AP mode? If yes, how to config it? I tried a
simplest config, but can't find the AP.

I tried ath6kl driver in git://github.com/kvalo/ath6kl.git and the
standard kernel 3.3-rc3.
I am sure the HW is OK, wpa_supplicant works for me.
hostapd & wpa_supplicant is the latest version build form
git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git,

hostapd -v
hostapd v1.0-rc2
User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management,
IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Copyright (c) 2002-2012, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

Firmware is form linux-firmware, here is the kernel log:
[   14.534308] mmc1: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
[   15.245538] ath6kl: ar6003 hw 2.1.1 sdio fw 3.1.1.609

I used the simplest config:
cat /etc/hostapd.conf
#change wlan0 to your wireless device
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test
channel=1

here is the log:
hostapd -d /etc/hostapd.conf
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf
nl80211: interface wlan0 in phy phy0
rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0
nl80211: Using driver-based roaming
nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3
nl80211: Set mode ifindex 3 iftype 3 (AP)
nl80211: Create interface iftype 6 (MONITOR)
Failed to create interface mon.wlan0: -95 (Operation not supported)
nl80211: Driver does not support monitor interface type - try to run without it
BSS count 1, BSSID mask 00:00:00:00:00:00 (0 bits)
nl80211: Regulatory information - country=00
nl80211: 2402-2472 @ 40 MHz
nl80211: 2457-2482 @ 20 MHz
nl80211: 2474-2494 @ 20 MHz
nl80211: 5170-5250 @ 40 MHz
nl80211: 5735-5835 @ 40 MHz
nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information
Completing interface initialization
Mode: IEEE 802.11b  Channel: 1  Frequency: 2412 MHz
nl80211: Set freq 2412 (ht_enabled=0 sec_channel_offset=0)
Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x1
RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x1
RATE[2] rate=55 flags=0x0
RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x0
Flushing old station entries
Could not connect to kernel driver.
Deauthenticate all stations
nl80211: Frame command failed: ret=-22 (Invalid argument) (freq=0 wait=0)
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=0
set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=1
set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=2
set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=3
set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:03:7f:be:f0:a0 and ssid 'test'
nl80211: Set beacon (beacon_set=0)
nl80211: Ignore AP isolation configuration error since isolation is not used
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_operstate: operstate 0->1 (UP)
netlink: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=6
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 0.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 1.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 2.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 3.
wlan0: Setup of interface done.
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=1 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Unknown event 5


Best Regards!
Tony