Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:45310 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751908AbZDGIQw (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 04:16:52 -0400 Subject: Re: What is needed to inplement a AP support in a driver? From: Johannes Berg To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: linux-wireless In-Reply-To: <1239062777.4705.30.camel@maxim-laptop> (sfid-20090407_020641_627468_1583988E) References: <1239062777.4705.30.camel@maxim-laptop> (sfid-20090407_020641_627468_1583988E) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4ey0h42V0BavqnhUBLvr" Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:16:45 +0200 Message-Id: <1239092205.22453.0.camel@johannes.local> (sfid-20090407_101656_791184_7BB5D4D1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-4ey0h42V0BavqnhUBLvr Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 03:06 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > I recently found that now ath5k supports AP mode. > I also found that most of the work is now done in userspace. >=20 > Since many drivers including my IWL3945 support sending beacons for IBSS > (strictly speaking userspace can send them too, but this is sub > optimal), what else driver must support for AP? http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/API > If I patch it to support it (just add ap to list of allowed modes) will > it work? (I soon anyway try out....) no. johannes --=-4ey0h42V0BavqnhUBLvr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJ2wvrAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYFDAP/0r0nU/k0maS13Q0ZbrRG6FK JwtqUSKo67PXSOxHyfCKeLYMfYk/FfNqfEIbg/rNBkjK3J9Oj4iL6vztZzONhd/0 8zXjq6ocTzj0zbS/ZNTTgb1VLE34Zt3nxj5MDQyq3B/Qojqk99wp6JK8NFOcqERC 2AJNzl3HffU+T34YEZ0sTz2wzLwQGcsKcqvcD5smGbWReDdazU1i2KGotmxM2e+H BnO2PVO8Mu+1NvEiIMEY0FQXEqecqEDBPlKfi4xBXPQaO4wYBTheCZjb7zoPaxA5 k7PDuNNnwLOmaeTC7Z81/jjXn1SKn9pNe/Dnyp8zcRsXcVeSYMnBDLRcyRjYD3HY zbxfYzpbsCjbkNqONtLk3zn11Gv8SRrnAaEZCieR4FZKgcwKzbaWebergcMncMa3 ejvtUMY0Vj+hYDbdFj3hoNkFLuQskm28AhsS37mgUznaSiWVvI3xaFZmSZ+WymUD p5/4g3jtm83aN6dU6iLAJl47uYL+0R4vtzTmfMygiV6HGTorTpm3SFWA3uhWDd5e NeXjeo93W5Bpfg9A/69G8tkEaDrqk88SIEx2MZeT83kaXhIHT95SOp86bD8dDpp9 gnEy3ntSbrdb6TSIV2UWp+GhkEGYPBRoPNP+WIxcHZ86iufOuRBB4RSq63O23lQS QpRe8vY4WBtCo83MXe/n =P/6U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4ey0h42V0BavqnhUBLvr--