David Acker wrote: > Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:44 PM, David Acker <dacker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> It is a non-802.11s protocol that predates 802.11s development by quite >>> awhile. It runs over WDS links. In theory it could run over anything that >>> supports dynamic creation and destruction of WDS links. >> >> So its a some sort of MadWifi-only hack? > > Not at all. The algorithm runs in user space and has run over other > radio/driver combinations and even in networks of mixed radio types. I > don't see a problem with running it over ath5k. Basic functionality > should work fine. > > The problem with switching to ath5k would be the loss of performance > related features (compression, fast frames, turbo), and some required > features (half/quarter rates are required for some channels on some > radios). Also, I don't know if ath5k will work on products based on > Atheros WiSOCs like Ubiquiti's PicoStation and Bullet. I have some work in progress patches for that. They won't work yet (in fact I just ported them to a newer version of compat-wireless without testing, so they probably won't even compile yet *g*), but according to my rough estimation, they contain about 70-80% of what's necessary to support this hw. You can find them at http://nbd.name/ath5k-wisoc.tar.gz If anybody is seriously interested in hacking on this stuff, please take a look at this patch series and contact me afterwards... > A lesser issue > (more of a pain for me than an ath5k issue) is that I have some > platforms that use an older kernel and moving up to a newer kernel will > have to be done without hardware vendor support. What platforms with old kernels are you using? Maybe some of them are being worked on in OpenWrt already ;) - Felix -- 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
