2010/9/6 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM, jpo <pommnitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Android 2.2 comes with AP functionality. Are the Android WLAN drivers mac80211 >>> based? >> >> No, they aren't. Does Android really do AP mode or >> just adhoc? >> >> wl1251 is an in-tree module for the TI chip used in G1, >> but it doesn't support AP mode. I do not know if there's >> a mac80211 driver that supports the broadcom chip used >> in other phones. > > AFAIK BCM4325 should be doable, especially if it is attached via SDIO > bus. In phones where SPI is used, it is more problematic, as b43 > doesn't support SPI. > I guess the short answer is no then; all the chip vendors still focus on their own proprietary mac implementations, at least on the AP side. Any thoughts on what would be required for them to switch to mac80211? Will it ever happen? /Björn -- 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
