Return-path: Received: from smtp137.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([77.238.184.68]:32162 "HELO smtp137.mail.ukl.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754203Ab0G2UwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:52:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4C51EA06.3010905@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:52:22 +0100 From: Hin-Tak Leung MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry Finger CC: "John W. Linville" , Kirill Zut , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.34] rtl8187: ad-hoc mode support References: <201007291835.46159.kirill.zut@promwad.com> <20100729180426.GC2424@tuxdriver.com> <4C51D096.7090607@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: <4C51D096.7090607@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:04 PM, John W. Linville wrote: >> Don't you need something to make it beacon? > > Indeed he does. This code allows the user to set ad-hoc mode, but I could not > establish a connection. The setup that I used worked for a b43 - b43 link, but > failed if either end used rtl8187. NACK. I supposed I need to withdrawn my "Ached-by:" - I was using it in the minimal sense of "I have seen the patch and aware of its existence". Is the beacon code driver-specific, or is it back to my older question, some part of mac80211 need to have some generic support for it? or both? My impression is that master mode for mac80211-based drivers - if it is ever going to happen - requires some substantial changes to both mac80211 and hostapd and is not happening any time soon. OTOH, I have the impression that the windows driver claims to support Ad-Hoc mode but I could be wrong - it has been a long time since I looked at the options and choices under windows. Hin-Tak