Gents it is great to see this happen one snippet more and you will be
able to set the interface into AP mode from userspace hostapd and friends.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
index e09ed2c..69aad6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
hw->wiphy->interface_modes =
BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
+ BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) |
BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);
i have had it working and no complaints so far.
please note that as with mac80211_hwsim it is dependent on a patch
Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a
simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch
-->
Subject: mac80211: allow AP and VLAN modes
This patch allows switching interfaces into AP/VLAN modes using
cfg80211 (nl80211). Don't allow doing it with wext because then
people will just attempt to do it manually (without hostapd) and
complain that it doesn't work.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- everything.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-09-26 15:07:22.000000000 +0200
+++ everything/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-09-26 15:09:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static bool nl80211_type_check(enum nl80
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
#endif
+ case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+ case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS:
return true;
default:
<--
Regards Greg
Jiri Slaby wrote:
Add support for AP mode. This involves:
- enablement in ath5k_beacon_config -- initialize beacon timer
- add AP to the supported modes in ath5k_add_interface
- handle beacon change even for AP in ath5k_config_interface
- remove useless test for IBSS in ath5k_beacon_update
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c | 42 +++++++++++++++----------------------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
index e09ed2c..d5d8e2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
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