Subject: Re: Queries about acx-mac80211 master mode support on the AR7
	platform
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@imperial.ac.uk>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:46:05 +0100
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> But, perhaps the largest sticking point is that the acx-mac80211=20
> driver, unlike acx, does not support AP (master) mode. I have struggled=20
> to find out whether this is an issue in the acx-mac80211 driver=20
> component or in fact the mac80211 does not support master mode at this=20
> moment in time.

Both, I expect, though I don't know about the driver. I'm currently
working on a large patch series to make mac80211 work in master mode
again together with hostapd, you may want to search the archives of this
list for my [FYI] mails on the topic.

johannes

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