iwlwifi does not support AP mode in any way. For one, it doesn't even buffer multicast/broadcast frames properly. We didn't allow zd1211rw AP mode to be enabled without this, so iwlwifi shouldn't be allowed to advertise AP mode either. It also doesn't work at all, it doesn't even answer to probe requests, I'm guessing the packet injection code was disabled again. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- FYI, I've also tested AP mode on iwl5000 and it most definitely does not work properly: [ 471.524478] iwlagn: ERROR: APs don't scan this is a long-standing bug, of course APs scan to know their surroundings, not sure why this is there, it's also very pointless since I can remove it by enabling software scan... [ 487.507346] iwlagn: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. apparently even the microcode doesn't like AP mode :) Note that I've done nothing out of the ordinary, just started hostapd. Once somebody cares to fix the code these two lines can be put back easily, I haven't ripped out the actual support code. But when you do please test with PS clients and multicast traffic. drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c | 1 - drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-) --- everything.orig/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c 2008-12-01 18:34:29.000000000 +0100 +++ everything/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c 2008-12-01 18:34:31.000000000 +0100 @@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ int iwl_setup_mac(struct iwl_priv *priv) IEEE80211_HW_NOISE_DBM | IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION; hw->wiphy->interface_modes = - BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC); --- everything.orig/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c 2008-12-01 18:34:06.000000000 +0100 +++ everything/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c 2008-12-01 18:34:22.000000000 +0100 @@ -7861,7 +7861,6 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_ IEEE80211_HW_NOISE_DBM; hw->wiphy->interface_modes = - BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC); -- 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
