Return-path: Received: from static-ip-62-75-166-246.inaddr.intergenia.de ([62.75.166.246]:44708 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755257AbXJFSJM (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:09:12 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Daniel Drake Subject: Re: usb wifi ad-hoc mode suggestions? Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:08:37 +0200 Cc: Greg Johnson , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <371947.67660.qm@web33501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4707CA7F.6030609@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <4707CA7F.6030609@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200710062008.37245.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20071006_190928_096878_8074CFCD) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 06 October 2007 19:48:47 Daniel Drake wrote: > Greg Johnson wrote: > > We're trying the zd1211 with the zd1211rw driver and the mac80211 stack, > > which doesn't seem to have ad-hoc support currently, but their web site says > > it should be easy to add. > > If you have coding resources on your hands, all that needs to be done is > for someone to look at the ad-hoc handling code in the vendor driver and > port it over the mac80211 driver. Diving into the vendor driver is a bit > of a challenge though. btw: Does the device also support AP mode? -- Greetings Michael.