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Re: ath5k + AP mode?

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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is AP mode with ath5k supposed to work?

I think it needs some love from interested parties...

>        hw->wiphy->interface_modes =
>                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
> +               BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
>                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) |
>                BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);

Definitely needed.

> Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode.
> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
> wlan0: Unable to setup interface.

It's probably worth taking a look at hostapd to see what exactly is failing.
We should be able to create an IFTYPE_AP interface with your above patch
applied.  No telling whether the rest works.

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