From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f158.google.com ([209.85.220.158]:34249 "EHLO mail-fx0-f158.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751758AbZDGJZE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 05:25:04 -0400 Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so2236738fxm.37 for ; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:25:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1239062777.4705.30.camel@maxim-laptop> References: <1239062777.4705.30.camel@maxim-laptop> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:25:00 +0300 Message-ID: (sfid-20090407_112508_992390_D89A7B5E) Subject: Re: What is needed to inplement a AP support in a driver? From: Rami Rosen To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, > Why iwl3945 still doesn't support AP mode? see also this patch, titled: "wlwifi: disable AP mode" http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg24688.html Regards, Rami Rosen On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > I recently found that now ath5k supports AP mode. > I also found that most of the work is now done in userspace. > > Since many drivers including my IWL3945 support sending beacons for I= BSS > (strictly speaking userspace can send them too, but this is =A0sub > optimal), what else driver must support for AP? > > Sending to several stations ? (IBSS already has this), have several > virtual devices (this is optional feature), what else? > > Why iwl3945 still doesn't support AP mode? > > If I patch it to support it (just add ap to list of allowed modes) wi= ll > it work? (I soon anyway try out....) > > Best regards, > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Maxim Levitsky > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wirel= ess" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at =A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html