Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([131.228.20.173]:31954 "EHLO mgw-ext14.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751694AbXH1LMe (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:12:34 -0400 To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless , Jiri Benc , Michael Wu Subject: Re: mac80211 AP mode powersaving problems? References: <1186990509.27916.38.camel@johannes.berg> <87lkccf30m.fsf@tikku.osso.net> <1187270479.5141.44.camel@johannes.berg> <87643f4kkh.fsf@nokia.com> <1187275344.23489.6.camel@johannes.berg> <871wdphsus.fsf@nokia.com> <1188290911.7837.65.camel@johannes.berg> <87absbsz5f.fsf@nokia.com> <1188299159.7837.96.camel@johannes.berg> From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:11:36 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1188299159.7837.96.camel@johannes.berg> (ext Johannes Berg's message of "Tue\, 28 Aug 2007 13\:05\:59 +0200") Message-ID: <87642zsyl3.fsf@nokia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes Berg writes: > On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 13:59 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > >> I just have a fear that we don't endup in "udev-hell", that is >> incompatibility between kernel and hostapd versions. It was just awful >> with udev few years ago, let's try to avoid that. Official hostapd >> releases should work with all official kernel releases, without any >> exceptions. > > Well, with mac80211 mainline kernels currently don't support AP mode at > all, and wireless-dev/hostapd are quite in lockstep. Yeah, I understood that. > As soon as we merge the AP mode stuff into mainline, however, it > will be via nl80211 which shall be a stable interface for that. That's a relief for me :) Thanks. -- Kalle Valo