Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.27]:31466 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753168AbYKSN7b (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:59:31 -0500 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so1374107eyi.37 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:59:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: (sfid-20081119_145935_547433_CC630140) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:59:29 +0200 From: "Rami Rosen" To: "Johannes Berg" Subject: Re: [PATCH ] zd1211rw: enable master mode. (wireless-testing) Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, kune@deine-taler.de In-Reply-To: <1226943608.3902.36.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <1226943608.3902.36.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, Regarding zd1211 working as an access point in master mode: 1) Searching for it shows that zd1211 chips do support acting as an access point (master mode). Two examples: 1.1) In the link below it says: "ZD1211 can operate in the mode of station and access point." http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Hardware/ZD1211-Driver-12712.shtml 2) I saw that in the zd1201 driver there is an access point parameter to the module ; in drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c, we have: module_param(ap, int, 0). - Can you please elaborate a bit about how can we know whether a device support or does not support multicast buffering ? - Could it be that some zd1211 chipsets do support multicast buffering, and some do not ? Regards, Rami Rosen On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 17:51 +0200, Rami Rosen wrote: >> This patch adds initial support for master mode for zd1211rw USB >> wireless driver (via tools such as hostapd). >> It enables basic functionality like association from a managed station >> and identifying the master mode by scanning from a station. > > NAK. This device does not support multicast buffering. > > johannes >