Hello, On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 05:13:28PM +0100, Jose Blanquicet wrote: >> I am using the Marvell driver sd8887 without any particular wpa_supplicant >> configuration. >> >> I also agree that your fix is more appropriated. I tried it and it >> works also with >> Marvell driver. > > Thanks. > >> I think that mac80211_hwsim does not take into account >> smps_mode parameter when ht is disabled, which is right. But instead, >> Marvell driver and maybe others report error -22 (Invalid argument) if they >> receive smps_mode and it is set to a value different than OFF; of course >> when disable_ht=1. > > Well, wpa_supplicant should not really be adding this attribute in such > a case and I'll push in the fix for that. > I agree. Thanks! >> On the other hand, I would like to make a question (I do not know if it should >> be done in another discussion, if so let me know and I will create a new one). >> The fact is that I have been able to use a, g, n and ac 802.11 modes but not >> b. I get 802.11n or ac using disable_ht and disable_vht parameters. >> Additionally, if I disable both parameters I get 802.11g mode and if I also set >> frequency to a channel in 5GHz I get 802.11a mode. But I do not know how >> to properly set the network parameters to enable 802.11b mode. How can I >> do this? > > I don't think wpa_supplicant supports this. You can use hostapd to be > configure AP with hw_mode=b if you need to configure this special (i.e., > obsolete..) case. > I know nobody will use 802.11b mode but in order to get the Wi-Fi Alliance Certification in 802.11n, the system must be able to be configured in a/b/g/n modes. Therefore, as I explained before, I was trying to understand how to set properly the network parameters to get all those modes. The wpa_supplicant already provides the way to enable a/g/n/ac modes, thus I would expect that it also provides a way to use b mode. As you told, the hostapd provides very easy way to configure the mode but I will always try to keep the system as simple as possible, therefore I would add an additional module, hostapd in this case, only if it is absolutely required. Best regards, Jose Blanquicet > -- > Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
