Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.234]:41054 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755088AbZAUEQC (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:16:02 -0500 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so3438804rvb.1 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:16:01 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090120200802.GF19581@tesla> References: <9664a4720901201133g5671c7f0x718c4bd187b1d901@mail.gmail.com> <20090120200802.GF19581@tesla> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:16:01 -0500 Message-ID: <9664a4720901202016o3776205fk2a8bec6bb1331c90@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090121_051613_934028_7A95D3BA) Subject: Re: Atheros (madwifi/ath5k) virtual STA support From: Catalin Patulea To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Please use linux-wireless only for upstream drivers like ath5k or ath9k. Apologies for that, I will direct my madwifi questions to the project's mailing list. I had actually meant my question in a driver-agnostic sense as well ("Are there any hardware limitations blocking virtual STA support?"), and hoped I could harvest the brains of the knowledgeable people on linux-wireless regardless of project affiliation. ;-) Regardless, I got my answer. > You will most likely see this first implemented in ath9k. Work is underway > for just that. Who's working on this? Any time estimates (not making demands, just asking)? Also, I was under the impression that ath9k is only meant for 802.11n chipsets (as opposed to abg), and therefore that AR5414 would not be supported. What am I missing? In truth, I should stop sending mails and just try it on my device. I haven't. If there's no more information on the topic, I'm open to the good old "try it and tell us if it works" ;-). > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/specs#Atherosspecifications Thanks! Catalin