On 03/26/15 12:55, Varka Bhadram wrote:
On 03/25/2015 10:22 AM, Varka Bhadram wrote:Hi, I am trying setup wandboard-quad as Access Point. It has BRCM4329 WiFi chip on it. As a client is working fine. But facing problem as a AP I did following steps... *1*. Linux kernel Configuration: Linux-3.19 *i.**Device Drivers> Network device support> Wireless LAN* <M> Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver [*] SDIO bus interface support for FullMAC driver [ ] USB bus interface support for FullMAC driver [ ] PCIE bus interface support for FullMAC driver [ ] Broadcom device tracing [*] Broadcom driver debug functions <*> IEEE 802.11 for Host AP (Prism2/2.5/3 and WEP/TKIP/CCMP) [*] Support downloading firmware images with Host AP driver [*] Support for non-volatile firmware download < > Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3 in PLX9052 PCI adaptors < > Host AP driver for Prism2.5 PCI adaptors *ii.** Networking support> Wireless* <M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API [*] nl80211 testmode command [*] enable developer warnings [ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging [ ] cfg80211 certification onus [ ] enable powersave by default [ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries [ ] use statically compiled regulatory rules database [ ] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility [*] lib80211 debugging messages < > Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) *2*. Copied brcm4329 firmware and nvram txt file into lib/firmware/brcm/ *3*. hostapd.conf interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 logger_stdout=-1 logger_stdout_level=2 ssid=Service_Location hw_mode=g channel=1 auth_algs=3 max_num_sta=5 wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=scient12 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=CCMP TKIP rsn_pairwise=CCMP #wme_enabled=1 #ieee80211n=1 #ht_capab=[HT40+][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40] *4*. After booting into the wandboard, did the following operations $ modprobe brcmfmac $ dmesg [ 9.147276] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [ 9.171600] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x9934329 [ 9.172649] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_drivestrengthinit: No SDIO Drive strength init donefor chip 4329 rev 3 pmurev 6 [ 9.379309] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Sep 2 2011 14:48:19 version 4.220.48 [ 9.398690] brcmfmac: brcmf_setup_wiphybands: rxchain error (-52) $ hostapd -B hostapd.conf Configuration file: hostapd.conf Failed to create interface mon.wlan0: -95 (Operation not supported) wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 40:2c:f4:ae:10:64 and ssid"Service_Location" random: Cannot read from /dev/random: Resource temporarily unavailable random: Only 0/20 bytes of strong random data available from /dev/random random: Not enough entropy pool availablefor secure operations WPA: Not enough entropy in random poolfor secure operations - update keys later when the first station connects Failed to set beacon parameters wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver Interface initialization failed wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED wlan0: Unable to setup interface. wlan0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0 $ dmesg [ 30.870671] brcmfmac: _brcmf_set_multicast_list: Setting BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC failed, -52 [ 30.997372]*brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap: setting AP mode failed -52* [ 31.171152] brcmfmac: _brcmf_set_multicast_list: Setting BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC failed, -52 Thanks -- Varka BhadramPing...? Am i missing anything...?
I am not sure what happened with the initial email, but I never received it. My best bet is that the firmware is not supporting AP mode. Could you execute the following:
$ hexdump /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.bin | tail -20 Where did this firmware come from? Regards, Arend -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
