Hi, is the presp means probe response? In ibss.c, there is a pair of functions: ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_req and ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_resp, but both are for receiving such messages. Shall I create them like b43legacy_generate_probe_resp? Thanks in advance Zoltan > Hi, > > thanks for you reply. I was thinking and realized probably the > alloc_etherdev() calls have a different purpose and removed them (and > found an ieee80211_rx_irqsafe function, which pass the received messages > to 80211). My plan is to run the network in ad-hoc mode (passing 1 to > SIOCSIWMODE ioctl command). Unfortunately it is still not working, because > rx.sta = sta_info_get(local, hdr->addr2) in rx.c returns with NULL, and > the received messages are eventually dropped. I tried to understand the > code, and I think messages called "beacons" are needed to make > sta_info_get() work. These messages can be created by > ieee80211_beacon_get, but it also returns with NULL in my case, because > rcu_dereference(ifibss->presp) returns with NULL. Could you help me? > > The code is attached to this mail. > > Thanks in advance, > Zoltan > >> On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 21:31 +0100, Zoltan Herczeg wrote: >> >>> I can allocate a "wlan0" and "wlan1" platform device with >>> ieee80211_alloc_hw, and can initialize it in Ad-Hoc mode. However, I >>> realized this is not enough to have a wireless interface, since it has >>> no >>> receive operation, only transfer. Looking at the other drivers, I found >>> that they allocate a net_device with the common alloc_etherdev. >>> Unfortunately the register_netdev registers a new eth interface in my >>> case, and this interface is not connected to the wlan interface. I set >>> wireless_handlers and ieee80211_ptr for this device, still it is >>> totally >>> independent from the wlan interface. >>> >>> Am I missing something? (Sorry if this is a trivial question, I tried >>> google but no luck so far) >> >> Your question doesn't make any sense. You never need wlan0/1, you only >> need alloc_hw/register_hw and then the interfaces will be managed by >> mac80211. You should post the code so people can help you. >> >> johannes > -- 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
