Return-path: Received: from db3ehsobe001.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.139]:45116 "EHLO DB3EHSOBE001.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751983Ab1HQCTm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:19:42 -0400 From: Lin Tony-B19295 To: Kalle Valo CC: Hauke Mehrtens , "mcgrof@gmail.com" , "rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "rmani@qca.qualcomm.com" Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] compat-wireless: ath6kl moved to main area. Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:19:37 +0000 Message-ID: <97D3A72708D04647A5AC84A04996E5B5195ADD@039-SN1MPN1-002.039d.mgd.msft.net> (sfid-20110817_041945_554264_E1D25A47) References: <1313060347-665-1-git-send-email-hauke@hauke-m.de> <97D3A72708D04647A5AC84A04996E5B5193114@039-SN1MPN1-002.039d.mgd.msft.net> <4E496CA7.7000604@hauke-m.de> <4E49BAB1.7060303@qca.qualcomm.com> <97D3A72708D04647A5AC84A04996E5B5195381@039-SN1MPN1-002.039d.mgd.msft.net> <4E4A7159.3090004@qca.qualcomm.com> In-Reply-To: <4E4A7159.3090004@qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Kalle: > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-wireless- > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Kalle Valo > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:32 PM > To: Lin Tony-B19295 > Cc: Hauke Mehrtens; mcgrof@gmail.com; rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com; linux- > wireless@vger.kernel.org; rmani@qca.qualcomm.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] compat-wireless: ath6kl moved to main area. > > Hi Tony, > > On 08/15/2011 09:59 PM, Lin Tony-B19295 wrote: > > > > Some questions regarding this ath6kl driver. > > Does it support all AR6003 card family? As I know there're several > > types of AR6003 cards > > hw2.1.1 is supported and I'm using that for testing. The driver also > supports hw2.0 but I haven't tested that so there might be some issues. > hw1.0 is not supported. > > > Does it support master mode? > > Not yet, but hopefully in the near future. > > > I tried the driver, seems it doesn't. need your confirmation. > > root@freescale ~$ iwconfig wlan0 mode master > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > Like Julian said, you need to use hostapd. > > > Does it support suspend/resume well? From my experiments, seems not. > After resuming, connection is lost. > > I have a patch pending to add suspend support and will send it as soon as > I find some free time. But the wifi connection will be lost in resume > anyway. If you want to maintain the connection to AP during suspend then > you are looking for wowlan support which ath6kl doesn't currently support. > Do you have any plan supporting it? Thanks for your help Besides, the performance seems not good. I got only 5Mb/s station->station performance. While another driver released from your AE could reach at least 10Mb/s, do you have any idea? > Kalle > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" > in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info > at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html