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From:   Daniel Drake <drake@endlessm.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 May 2019 19:24:09 +0800
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] rtl8xxxu: Add watchdog to update rate mask by
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On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 5:17 PM Chris Chiu <chiu@endlessm.com> wrote:
> I need the vif because there's seems no easy way to get RSSI. Please
> suggest if there's any better idea for this. I believe multiple vifs is for AP
> mode (with more than 1 virtual AP/SSIDs) and the Station+AP coexist
> mode. But the rtl8xxxu driver basically supports only Station mode.

Yes, the driver only lets you create station interfaces, but it lets
you create several of them.
I'm not sure if that is intentional (and meaningful), or if its a bug.
Maybe you can experiment with multiple station interfaces and see if
it works in a meaningful way?

Daniel