On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> > My question is - is there something inherent which prevents >>> > implementing it with "iw"? When comparing to the old set of tools, >>> > which includes iwconifg, "iwconfig wlan0 mode Master" works on some >>> > interfaces. >>> >>> Just guessing, but most probably because there are no drivers which >>> use nl80211 and support AP mode without hostapd, so nobody hasn't >>> bothered to implement it, yet. >> >> And there never will be since we don't want the whole AP MLME in the >> kernel regardless of the driver. > > Actually I was thinking about fullmac hardware which support AP mode. > In theory we might need to support those, but I guess in practise > there hasn't been, nor ever will be, such hardware. I'll just shut up > now :) > > -- > Kalle Valo > -- > 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 > I doubt that any fullmac hardware should have a mac80211-based driver... -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
