Return-path: Received: from mail-pz0-f173.google.com ([209.85.222.173]:49666 "EHLO mail-pz0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752701Ab0BEPtf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:49:35 -0500 Received: by pzk3 with SMTP id 3so1036335pzk.5 for ; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:49:35 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B6BA999.4030904@erley.org> References: <43e72e891001281338u5f05307ble5360c3dac6ab9a2@mail.gmail.com> <20100201221252.GA30758@emergent.ellipticsemi.com> <4B67A937.70406@erley.org> <201002031025.04624.holgerschurig@gmail.com> <9e52624fd81bc62bd917b1ad696b9535@127.0.0.1> <43e72e891002031048l65f8ac0ewf1de6f48b8ac46ec@mail.gmail.com> <4B6BA999.4030904@erley.org> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:49:15 -0800 Message-ID: <43e72e891002050749k65f36f24hcfa516cd5363a675@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Linux wireless GSoC 2010 project ideas To: Pat Erley Cc: Holger Schurig , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Pat Erley wrote: > On 02/03/10 13:48, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:24 AM,   wrote: >>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:25:04 +0100, Holger Schurig >>> >>> wrote: >>>>> With ath9k I have used: >>>>> >>>>> AP + MP >>>>> AP + STA >>>>> AP + AP (Open and WPA2) >>>> >>>> Would you document this on the wireless WIKI at >>>> wireless.kernel.org ? >>>> >>>> Maybe as different articles, so that this can be a basis of >>>> several "HOWTO" articles. >>> >>> Yeah, I will try to find the time soon.  Any hints as to what needs to be >>> documented?  It is, at least in my opinion, pretty trivial to pull off, so >>> I'm not certain that anything more than an entry explaining how to create >>> additional interfaces is necessary.  Feel free to throw some ideas as to >>> what all you'd like to see in the documentation, and I'll write it (them?) >> >> The ath9k virtual wiphy stuff is private to ath9k so for that you can >> add it here: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/debug#wiphy >> >> For things that are specific to mac80211 that do not require the ath9k >> virtual wiphy something on the root of this page might be better: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation >> >> If ath9k virtual wiphy is quite useful today we would have to ensure >> any possible replacement would meet up to match its capabilities. I >> was unaware anyone was yet using it and testing it extensively. Have >> you been doing these tests on the virtual wiphy with a fairly recent >> snapshot? > > I tinker with the mac80211 interface to it a lot (a project on my d-link dir-615).  I'm doing a pseudo wds setup or client/AP setup, whatever you'd call that - essentially, a range extender.  I have some other hardware that I tinker with multiple APs using hostapd, as well as MP+AP for fun.  All the systems are wired together, so it's not a big deal for me if I break things, hence all the tinkering. > > As far as snapshots, I am using a lightly modded compat-wireless+compat from git that works with wireless-testing.  I update every 2-3 days.  Before mac80211 supported multiple vifs, I was testing with the ath9k interface exclusively. > > Do you guys think the content would be better placed onto the iw page, or onto a separate one? iw command stuff should go on the iw page ath9k virtual wiphy stuff on the ath9k/debug page If there is something else you'd like to cover like AP + MP solution together perhaps adding a new page would be best. Luis