On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 10:49 +0100, Alexander Wetzel wrote: > > in testcase: hwsim > > version: hwsim-x86_64-c8c7d56a3-1_20250209 > > with following parameters: > > > > test: monitor_iface_multi_bss > > I was expecting something like that:-) > > Cooked monitor interfaces were required for hostapd versions less than > 1.0 (released May 2012) for running an AP. Starting with v1.0 hostapd > prefers the cfg80211/nl80211 API, while still be able to use the old one. > > This patch here now drops cooked monitor interface support, preventing > hostapd to be able to use the old cooked monitor method. > > Any kernel with this patch must fail this and any other test using > cooked monitor mode (driver_params = "use_monitor=1"). I already sent patches to hostap to fix all that up and clean out the code, so it'll be fixed in time. johannes
