Return-path: Received: from mail.lenbrook.com ([216.94.44.85]:1259 "EHLO mail.lenbrook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756833Ab2ARToF (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:44:05 -0500 Message-ID: <4F172101.3010207@lenbrook.com> (sfid-20120118_204421_564087_C63F499D) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:44:01 -0500 From: Jonathan Bagg MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sujith Manoharan CC: Kalle Valo , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath6kl in compat wireless supports AP mode? References: <4F10AA2D.1060000@lenbrook.com> <4F16AF8D.6070201@qca.qualcomm.com> <20246.46742.295455.729628@gargle.gargle.HOWL> In-Reply-To: <20246.46742.295455.729628@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Sujith, Can you tell me your setup for.... kernel ver? hostapd ver? libnl ver? architecture ? I'm running.... Compat-wireless 3.1 (ath6kl still in staging) built against kernel 2.6.35.3 mac80211 as module cfg80211 as module hostapd v2.0-devel (git cloned today) libnl-2.0 arm, freescale imx51 I tried hostapd v2.0-devel and no go. Jon On 12-01-18 07:09 AM, Sujith Manoharan wrote: > Kalle Valo wrote: >> Hi Jonathan, >> >> sorry for answering late. >> >> On 01/14/2012 12:03 AM, Jonathan Bagg wrote: >>> Anybody know if the ath6kl driver in compat wireless supports AP mode? >>> >>> hostapd hostapd.conf >>> nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode >>> nl80211 driver initialization failed. >>> >>> hostapd.conf >>> interface=wlan0 >>> driver=nl80211 >>> ssid=test >>> channel=1 >>> >>> Using >>> hostapd v0.7.3 >>> libnl-2.0 >> Most of the ath6kl developers use wpasupplicants AP mode for this so I >> recommend trying with wpasupplicant first. It might be that hostapd >> requires something which ath6kl doesn't support. > hostapd works fine, but a recent git version is probably required. > v0.7.3 is a bit old, I think. > > Sujith