Hello,
what are the exact requirements for AP mode support in iwlagn driver?
Is there any change neccessary in card's firmware, or the only missing
code is in mac80211/iwlagn itself? Also, there was sort-of support for
AP, but it was disabled in later versions -- what were the exact
problems with this implementation?
Best regards,
Milan Plzik
V Piatok, 6. febru=C3=A1r 2009 o 21:47 +0100, Johannes Berg nap=C3=ADsa=
l(a):
> On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 16:16 +0100, Milan Plzik wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > what are the exact requirements for AP mode support in iwlagn dri=
ver?
> > Is there any change neccessary in card's firmware, or the only miss=
ing
> > code is in mac80211/iwlagn itself? Also, there was sort-of support =
for
> > AP, but it was disabled in later versions -- what were the exact
> > problems with this implementation?
>=20
> One major issue was getting multicast frames out at the right time, b=
ut
> also look at
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/API
Ok, so from what I understand to get AP mode fully working, firmware
has to adjust TSF -- this seems to be what TX_CMD_FLG_TSF_MSK does;
everything other should be manageable by software.=20
Btw, the URL unfortunately doesn't mention anything about multicast
frames; if there something describing this more in detail?
>=20
> johannes
Milan
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 16:16 +0100, Milan Plzik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> what are the exact requirements for AP mode support in iwlagn driver?
> Is there any change neccessary in card's firmware, or the only missing
> code is in mac80211/iwlagn itself? Also, there was sort-of support for
> AP, but it was disabled in later versions -- what were the exact
> problems with this implementation?
One major issue was getting multicast frames out at the right time, but
also look at
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/API
johannes
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 23:15 +0100, Milan Plzik wrote:
> Btw, the URL unfortunately doesn't mention anything about multicast
> frames; if there something describing this more in detail?
802.11-2007?
johannes