Subject: Re: [PATCH ] zd1211rw: enable master mode. (wireless-testing)
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 15:59 +0200, Rami Rosen wrote:

> 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

Maybe it can.

> - Can you please elaborate a bit about how can we know whether a
> device support or does not support multicast buffering ?

I have no idea. At minimum, the driver needs to do what the wiki says:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/API
You'll also want to read the 802.11 docs about this.

> - Could it be that some zd1211 chipsets do support multicast
> buffering, and some do not ?

Doubt it, they all use the same firmware.

johannes

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