One of supported code paths already allows this scenario. It is used if driver doesn't report NL80211_ATTR_DEVICE_AP_SME and doesn't support monitor interface. In such situation: 1) We don't quit if subscribing for WLAN_FC_STYPE_PROBE_REQ fails 2) We don't try subscribing for WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION 3) We fallback to AP SME mode after failing to create monitor interface 4) We don't quit if subscribing for WLAN_FC_STYPE_PROBE_REQ fails Above scenario is used e.g. with brcmfmac. As you can see - thanks to events provided by cfg80211 - it's not really required to receive probe or action frames However current code doesn't allow using hostapd with drivers that: 1) Report NL80211_ATTR_DEVICE_AP_SME 2) Don't support subscribing for PROBE_REQ and/or ACTION frames In case of using such a driver hostapd will cancel setup after failing to subscribe for WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION. I noticed it after setting flag WIPHY_FLAG_HAVE_AP_SME in brcmfmac driver for my experiments. This patch allows working with such drivers with just a small warning printed as debug message. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c index 7e8d579..9ddb45e 100644 --- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c +++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c @@ -4302,7 +4302,7 @@ static int nl80211_setup_ap(struct i802_bss *bss) if (drv->device_ap_sme && !drv->use_monitor) if (nl80211_mgmt_subscribe_ap_dev_sme(bss)) - return -1; + wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "nl80211: Failed to subscrbe for mgmt frames from SME driver - trying to run without it"); if (!drv->device_ap_sme && drv->use_monitor && nl80211_create_monitor_interface(drv) && -- 1.8.4.5 _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
