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Re: [PATCH] rtl8187: Fix for change in STA handling in mac80211

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--- On Thu, 11/12/08, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
<snipped>
> After commit ca247d5f50acd4fc6fdc1dec770e726b0d7eda60
> "mac80211: only create
> default STA interface if supported", rtl8187 stopped
> working because the
> add_interface callback was not called. For reasons that I
> do not understand,
> the IFTYPE_ADHOC bit, as well as the IFTYPE_STATION bit,
> must be set in the
> interface_modes variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger
> <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Okay, the disappeared wlan* device is back.

> John,
> 
> This should be added to wireless-testing as soon as
> possible.

I don't know the verdict yet - but I think we need to either revert Johannes's earlier patch, or have this change from Larry incoporated, ASAP.

Hin-Tak


      
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