Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:35055 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751519AbbGOGPU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:15:20 -0400 Received: by wiga1 with SMTP id a1so118492561wig.0 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:15:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Adrien Decostre Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:14:39 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20150715_081524_285593_9D974D88) Subject: Wi-Fi Direct multi-role support in ath9k To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dear all, I am experimenting a bit with Wi-Fi Direct on top of the ath9k driver and I am wondering if it is possible to operate at the same moment, on the same IEEE802.11n module, a software AP for an infrastructure Wi-Fi network (e.g. by using hostapd) and a soft AP for a Wi-Fi Direct link. As far as I understand, for this, the driver needs to support the “multi-role” feature. Is it right? Is this feature already supported by the ath9k driver? Many thanks in advance for any help. Best regards