From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chunkeey@web.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] prism54: wpa support for fullmac cards Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:17:44 +0200 Message-ID: <200610051917.44560.chunkeey@web.de> References: <200610031457.33215.chunkeey@web.de> <200610041612.26824.chunkeey@web.de> <20061004214341.GP10337@instant802.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chunkeey@web.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:35973 "EHLO fmmailgate02.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751403AbWJERSL (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:18:11 -0400 To: "Jouni Malinen" In-Reply-To: <20061004214341.GP10337@instant802.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 23:43 you wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:12:26PM +0200, chunkeey@web.de wrote: > > the AP code never worked. And the hostapd-ioctl interface was designed > > for prism2/2.5/3 cards, but not for "fullmac" prism54. > > What do you mean by never working? I have seen fullmac Prism54 > completing WPA authentication with hostapd.. This was using the > driver_prism54.c in hostapd, not the Host AP driver interface. > > (BTW, hostapd's backend for prism54 uses a "proprietary" interface - > > PIMFOR -, which never made it into the kernel.) > > But it worked in the external driver. So yes, saying that the version in > kernel tree never worked in AP mode would probably be valid. > ok, sorry my fault, I should have put it this was: it was never woking for ME, linmax, roland warsow, ... and I tried alot of things. (patches, how-tos, ask the maintainer, etc. ) But i only saw "Oops" or "mgt: queue full" ... the PIMFOR-Interface is a direct "tunnel" to the hardware. And guess what? it's very "crashy" .. (e.g "set/get the generic elements" does a very good job. ;) ) > And as far as the WEXT interface in hostapd is concerned, no, there is > no such thing yet. that's correct. WEXT is not going anywhere anymore, but maybe cfg80211? Chr