From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f197.google.com ([209.85.211.197]:48003 "EHLO mail-yw0-f197.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752677Ab0BYInA convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:43:00 -0500 Received: by ywh35 with SMTP id 35so3080248ywh.4 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:43:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1267054502.6162.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20100202000934.GA19847@sortiz.org> <201002151146.48156.holgerschurig@gmail.com> <1267054502.6162.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: David MOUSSAUD Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:42:40 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: cfg80211 support To: Dan Williams Cc: Holger Schurig , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Samuel Ortiz , "John W. Linville" , Holger Schurig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Thanks for the explication. Do you know an other sdio chipset that would do the job ? BR, David. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 09:05 +0100, David MOUSSAUD wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to apply the first patch of this thread to have the >> cfg80211 support to my driver but I do not succeed to select the goot >> git repository or the goot release tarball (linux kernel/compat >> wireless) to start. >> >> Does someone could help me for that ? >> >> Furthermore, I have an at91sam9260 atmel evk board with a wi2wi (which >> embeded a 8686 libertas chip) sdio evk. I need to have my board >> running as an Access Point. >> Could someone tell me if, applying this patch, it will works ? >> >> For my understanding, I think it will because it is written that the >> driver with cfg80111 can now work in monitor mode, which is ok for >> hostapd to act as an AP. > > This isn't going to work.  The fullmac Libertas devices (8385, 8388, > 8686, etc) do not have the firmware capability to operate in AP mode. > cfg80211 is simply a better configuration interface than WEXT, it does > not magically add AP mode capability. > > Dan > >> Thanks for your help, >> >> Best Regards, >> >> D.MOUSSAUD. >> >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Holger Schurig >> wrote: >>         > +       bss = cfg80211_get_bss(wiphy, sme->channel, >>         sme->bssid, >>         > +                              sme->ssid, sme->ssid_len, >>         > +                              WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS, >>         WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS); >>         > + >>         > +       if (!bss) { >>         > +               if (sme->bssid || sme->ssid_len != >>         IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN) { >>         > +                       DECLARE_SSID_BUF(ssid); >>         > +                       lbs_pr_err("associate: BSS %s not in >>         scan results\n", >>         > +                                  print_ssid(ssid, >>         sme->ssid, sme->ssid_len)); >>         > +                       ret = -ENOENT; >>         > +               } >>         > + >>         > +               goto done; >>         > +       } >> >> >>         I have again some time for Libertas :-) >> >>         I'm still not getting this code at all, especially the code >>         inside >>         "if (!bss)". You set "ret = -ENOENT", but only under some >>         circumstances. When they aren't met, we go to label done, >>         but with "ret=0", e.g. we didn't connect, but still we won't >>         return an error. >> >>         Also, you print the SSID, but name it "BSS". A BSS is >>         kind-of-a-mac-address. So the text in the printk should >>         be "associate: no SSID %s in scan results". Or you print >>         the BSS from sme-> >> >>         And then I don't get why there is a comparison >>         sme->ssid_len != IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN. print_ssid() >>         handles this. >> >> >> >>         Wouldn't this snipped do the work: >> >>                lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_CFG80211); >>                bss = cfg80211_get_bss(wiphy, sme->channel, sme->bssid, >>                        sme->ssid, sme->ssid_len, >>                        WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS, WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS); >> >>                if (!bss) { >> >>                        lbs_pr_err("no matching AP found in last scan >>         \n"); >>                        ret = -ENOENT; >>                        goto done; >>                } >>                lbs_deb_assoc("trying %pM", sme->bssid); >> >> >>         -- >>         http://www.holgerschurig.de >>         -- >>         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 >> >> > > >