Return-path: Received: from H144.C72.B0.tor.eicat.ca ([72.0.72.144]:62913 "EHLO marcos.anarcat.ath.cx" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751743Ab1JMB5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:57:08 -0400 From: Antoine =?utf-8?Q?Beaupr=C3=A9?= To: Ben Hutchings , linux-wireless Cc: 645055@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#645055: realtek 8188CE ad-hoc mode not supported In-Reply-To: <1318461858.4024.197.camel@deadeye> References: <20111012052940.17383.59248.reportbug@localhost> <1318424918.4024.180.camel@deadeye> <87pqi2s0cg.fsf@marcos.anarcat.ath.cx> <20111012160135.GK3366@decadent.org.uk> <1318461858.4024.197.camel@deadeye> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:46:07 -0400 Message-ID: <87wrc9r7ds.fsf@marcos.anarcat.ath.cx> (sfid-20111013_035723_283263_BF12F1ED) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:24:12 +0100, Ben Hutchings wro= te: > I looked a little further and saw that nl80211 does support changing > interface type (mode). But this driver (rtl8192ce) only supports > creating new interfaces, not changing their type. >=20 > Should mac80211 drivers generally support changing interface type > (change_interface operation)? Seems to me really counter-intuitive that it didn't work. It was the first time I ever see such a problem. I have seen numerous drivers not support "Master" or "Monitor" mode, because of limitations of the implementation or the hardware, but if this is purely a API problem, it seems like a problem that should be fixed... Is this the right place though? A. =2D-=20 The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place. - Douglas Adams (1952-2001) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJOlkLfAAoJEHkhUlJ7dZIe1NoP/3drk7HSFgzZrgqC/gxakscw P3yJ2s1RNwPARWY4fYYoW5AkJ1S5mIAF5CXvbOyH4rlJYm35BqLT64hYnR0UST9y TvFm7KA78493w7E3vq0lyzTnr+hGA14e85kV+ZoS+PmDrmXamIJ8ntUxAxb1MHy5 sAyInjj6/Zj7b0JrT7/5gPYL++w4/kwTrOnmmJI1Lq56rKI9cnAdtp2qplEO5Erg MC/Dq/XnyxtB0vDJignYf0zjdlkqkl/t+QkzO/w4jspE5tNmTCDLp9Jr8wT55ATf /7pB7p9DCtSViy8f3yNx5g+CeqVTB+DvDjfjMnAwli1d1PquGzhESi/Kx6pnzadp XmaUpGV5YDb4OkQM3dVKg6JF9zGQrM/xm/UYwikpebn5ArjCEmne42Fm3da2jQdY HYlrN5d3+EFKM9JpTpUyKgHTL6lGqi6Sg73E8uC+eeXxLYwBFyNil8w7tbIGF1c4 jI140lnUacB9ifpumtCPNQda1p09U08WrTXDa1mCUAl1G7puSU2pqb8ZmfRjp1Xs hxYnEsFwhvzsQsjRdPbIcjPQA4HsWdYsjtfKCN/iGJc8mp6ajcOBZPl/0arglsy6 vnjuP1bCapzMnaZoQyrRbspzOr+V9GMNrDS8m+5/oeULHXpgVGH63nYtnZ9BmY6f DRD7m2WP46b+TVK703a2 =ReWf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--