On Wednesday 06 April 2016 13:30:22 Machani, Yaniv wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 15:39:44, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI > > > wl1251 chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which > > > supports managed and ad-hoc modes. > > > > > > For other TI wilink chips there are <CHIP>-ap.bin firmware files > > > (wl1271-fw-ap.bin and wl128x-fw-ap.bin) which support AP mode. > > > But for > > > wl1251 firmware file with guessed name "wl1251-fw-ap.bin" is > > > missing. > > > > > > Do you have any idea what happened with AP firmware for ti > > > wilink4 wl1251 wifi chip? Or where can be found? Guys from TI, > > > can you help? > > > > > > I see that STA firmware was added into linux-firmware tree in > > > year 2013 by this pull request [2]. > > > > > > [1] - > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmw > > > are .g > > > it/tree/ti-connectivity > > > > > > [2] - > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1566500/focus=1571382 > > > > Hi! Anybody has some idea about that AP firmware? > > Hi, > wl1251 does not support AP mode, so there is no firmware for it in > the tree. > > Regards, > Yaniv Hi Yaniv! I read on some TI whitepaper, that wl1251 hardware supports some Soft-AP mode. So I expect that either special FW is needed for it or somehow it is possible to use current released. Do you have any information about it? -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx
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