Return-path: Received: from mail-la0-f43.google.com ([209.85.215.43]:33858 "EHLO mail-la0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752909AbbCJOKH (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:10:07 -0400 Received: by labgq15 with SMTP id gq15so1990898lab.1 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:10:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <54FDF901.8060808@student.ethz.ch> References: <1425921599.32409.4.camel@redhat.com> <54FDF901.8060808@student.ethz.ch> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:10:06 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20150310_151013_304053_EAAC9965) Subject: Re: Virtual Interfaces with iwlwifi From: Emmanuel Grumbach To: kilian risse Cc: Dan Williams , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:48 PM, kilian risse wrote: > I think I figured it out - I tried to create two interfaces of the same type > station - which is not supported according to the "iw phy0 info". > > I use a intel 7260 card with a 3.18.7 Kernel. > The command I used was "iw phy phy0 interface add wlan0 type station". > Is this a limitation in hardware or software? > firmware which pretty much means hardware ;) You can have BSS and P2P client though. > Kilian > > > On 03/09/2015 06:19 PM, Dan Williams wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 16:53 +0000, Risse Kilian wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I tried to create a second interface and connect to another AP. But I was >>> unable to do so. As I tried to enable the second interface I got an error: >>> Device or resource busy. So am I right assuming that this is not possible >>> with the iwlwifi driver? >> >> >> What specific hardware do you have? >> What kernel version do you have? >> What specific command were you using to create the second interface? >> What are the "software interface modes" and "valid interface >> combinations" sections output from "iw phy0 info"? >> >> It's certainly possible and supported with iwlwifi, but it depends on >> specific hardware, the driver, etc. >> >> Dan >> > -- > 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