Don't you need something to make it beacon?
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 06:35:45PM +0300, Kirill Zut wrote:
> ---
> This patch makes ad-hoc mode available on RTL8187
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Zut <[email protected]>
> ---
> --- linux-2.6.x/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c.orig 2010-07-29 14:40:09.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux-2.6.x/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c 2010-07-29 14:59:39.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ static int rtl8187_add_interface(struct
>
> switch (vif->type) {
> case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
> + case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
> break;
> default:
> goto exit;
> @@ -1178,7 +1179,10 @@ static void rtl8187_bss_info_changed(str
> reg = 0;
>
> if (is_valid_ether_addr(info->bssid)) {
> - reg |= RTL818X_MSR_INFRA;
> + if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
> + reg |= RTL818X_MSR_ADHOC;
> + else
> + reg |= RTL818X_MSR_INFRA;
> rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->MSR, reg);
> } else {
> reg |= RTL818X_MSR_NO_LINK;
> @@ -1502,7 +1506,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struc
> * XXX: Once this driver supports anything that requires
> * beacons it must implement IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ.
> */
> - dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
> + dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
> + BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
>
> if ((id->driver_info == DEVICE_RTL8187) && priv->is_rtl8187b)
> printk(KERN_INFO "rtl8187: inconsistency between id with OEM"
>
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Larry Finger wrote:
> On 07/29/2010 01:04 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
>> Don't you need something to make it beacon?
>
> Indeed he does. This code allows the user to set ad-hoc mode, but I could not
> establish a connection. The setup that I used worked for a b43 - b43 link, but
> failed if either end used rtl8187. NACK.
I supposed I need to withdrawn my "Ached-by:" - I was using it in the minimal
sense of "I have seen the patch and aware of its existence".
Is the beacon code driver-specific, or is it back to my older question, some
part of mac80211 need to have some generic support for it? or both? My
impression is that master mode for mac80211-based drivers - if it is ever going
to happen - requires some substantial changes to both mac80211 and hostapd and
is not happening any time soon.
OTOH, I have the impression that the windows driver claims to support Ad-Hoc
mode but I could be wrong - it has been a long time since I looked at the
options and choices under windows.
Hin-Tak
On 07/29/2010 01:04 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> Don't you need something to make it beacon?
Indeed he does. This code allows the user to set ad-hoc mode, but I could not
establish a connection. The setup that I used worked for a b43 - b43 link, but
failed if either end used rtl8187. NACK.
Larry
On 07/29/2010 01:04 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> Don't you need something to make it beacon?
Indeed he does. This code does not work. NACK.
Larry