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Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: Fix a WARNING in suspend/resume with IBSS

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On 2012-06-02 8:14 PM, Guido Iribarren wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The sets are mutually exclusive, and there are implied sets of each
>> interface with a max number of 1. So for example, in iwlwifi we don't
>> advertise IBSS in the combinations at all, because it's not compatible
>> with anything. In your case, I think the same applies, since you said
>>
>>        if the first interface is ADHOC we cannot have any other
>>        interface. we cannot add an ADHOC interface if there is already
>>        an interface is present
> 
> I've been following the thread and still can't get this confusion out
> of my head:
> i'm currently using kernel 3.3.2 (openwrt trunk r31439), with Atheros
> AR9285 and i can succesfully combine IBSS interface with AP or STA
> modes...
> 
> # iw dev
> phy#0
> 	Interface wlan0-1
> 		ifindex 11
> 		type AP
> 	Interface wlan0-2
> 		ifindex 10
> 		type IBSS
> 	Interface wlan0
> 		ifindex 9
> 		type AP
> 
> So, does this patch mean this functionality will be lost in future
> versions of ath9k?
> or maybe it is officially unsupported and openwrt has patches applied?
> or, even worse, I completely misunderstood what you're talking about?
> (in that case i'm sorry for the noise)
It's officially unsupported, OpenWrt has patches to enable it.

- Felix
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