Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:57421 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753265AbYFZSAp (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:45 -0400 Subject: Re: [Q] ath5k : doesn't support AP mode? From: Johannes Berg To: Pavel Roskin Cc: Stefanik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= , cs010101@gmail.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1214496086.30722.14.camel@dv> References: <002901c8d737$e51bb2f0$3b0aa8c0@39fb6b6b6f434b3> <1214449044.18897.15.camel@dv> <1214487200.20763.44.camel@johannes.berg> <1214492236.30044.7.camel@dv> <69e28c910806260846s3b02cdddlca3ac138acadd8bd@mail.gmail.com> <1214496086.30722.14.camel@dv> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-OrpzkxF47HhQA8B2VIq3" Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:27:22 +0200 Message-Id: <1214501242.3783.7.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080626_200100_796829_6D11CA38) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-OrpzkxF47HhQA8B2VIq3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 12:01 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 17:46 +0200, Stefanik G=C3=A1bor wrote: >=20 > > Maybe we had more people working on/debugging AP mode if we didn't > > intentionally disable the existing limited support for it... Possibly > > print a big warning that "THIS IS NOT STANDARDS_COMPLIANT YET!", but > > outright disabling it and requiring an external patch is IMHO stupid. > > Perhaps a Kconfig option with EXPERIMENTAL and default=3Dn would be > > better. >=20 > I agree. More people would be looking into AP support for individual > drivers if mac80211 didn't need a patch. Oh and I never answered to this. I disagree. Requiring people to patch their kernel for AP mode support is a good way to discourage "contributors" who don't even know how to compile a kernel, trust me, I've seen a fair share of private mails from those (which I ignore: do not mail me in private about AP support). Hence, I don't want to do it for exactly this reason: a bunch of dumb users will enable it either way, and actually _working_ on AP mode _will_ require kernel patches, so this isn't one that matters. johannes --=-OrpzkxF47HhQA8B2VIq3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJIY9F3AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYypsQAMXh4PJV7VzxOxQ5YRBPsejN 8ihlZdzyZkdxfEx/x84gNv+142NIAGO7cxah557V9dhhq//H9Km1DaeqA1Al/Yud N2ka2ujGBCSeg6iX5H2fXOwSATyjl2xSrDsHohbybF5T/acEu4FsjTjuyEVL52Kx 7xt07G+AgmV7syqP0iOiXx+jBvKGiHD/JIQY58j8bSDSJTShwvQXvMtWegNf/73Y tIhx28tvvCDVqJIkYThPw/XDViAqkiU+grUltortSQFUqnRBnsMZbo2jwlI+eBjE jnT27QG/ey5QHN8qmEiYXN0zf2TXaW+TWyjUrw7yJJs6vMYyc8drXFs5mFoGZRVD frs/fDuf6loBMqu0K2tPce3HbQblJfLXToNDj9l4/oPMnVL2YTsW3LH4Blt8NMDV JSwXp+GvM0PKv9V3/pJrLU2ZFuBgi743E6Q8cXhn7dUy4KJJPkPuRDtChx5hcBsl DMUEDdIQ4c3T8fer9/mJYbTRe4qZdxa8ebSG8uP341/GoK+L1xR6jAKTE+qxSS59 e/NhtBmu4chZBW9C2HnnXZM5TkZ7xDEtTRmkFJ6iZKVdr1O9Nvdnl+6lP092djW+ +DVISRN28K12vOKcyUzNGTn25MzIm9nu73m7256lYDt5xUU/ZILX0eJEJQtB43mT m6KQCy8TuyFUjTgwMr+S =fL26 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-OrpzkxF47HhQA8B2VIq3--