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RE: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: shut down AP and set IBSS mode only on primary interface

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From: Rafał Miłecki [mailto:zajec5@xxxxxxxxx]
> On 11 August 2016 at 07:44, Wright Feng <wright.feng@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When stopping hostap on virtual interface, driver will set INFRA and
> > AP mode that may affect the functionality on primary interface. For
> > example, if we create and stop hostapd on virtual interface then
> > association cannot work on primary interface because INFRA mode has
> been set to IBSS.
> > Hence we shut down AP and set IBSS mode only on primary interface.
>
> You also excluded from execution code setting BRCMF_C_SET_AP to 0.
> Does it get a reset at some point? Maybe with a "bss" call? I'm wondering if
> it's possible to use interface in managed mode if it was used as AP once.
In this case, the virtual interface cannot be managed mode unless re-creating the interface.
Driver should just exclude from setting INFRA mode when stopping AP with virtual interface, and I'll update this change in PATCH v3.
Thanks for your review.
>
> --
> Rafał

Regards,
Wright

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