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Re: [RFC][PATCH] rtl8192cu: completing beaconing support

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On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 18:02 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:

> Changing rtlwifi is not acceptable when you only wish to modify a single driver. 
> That code in any other routine than usb.c will affect all the other drivers.
> 
> I used my hostapd script to start an AP with rtl8192cu using the ESSID "TEST". 
> After I did tat, I did an 'iw scan' with a different interface and got
> 
> BSS 00:1f:1f:c8:8e:cb (on wlan2)
...

> Obviously, the rtl8192cu is beaconing with no changes to the wireless-testing 
> code.

Just FYI -- that's not guaranteed if "iw scan" returns results, you'd
have to run "iw scan passive" to make sure you pick up beacons rather
than just probe responses.

johannes

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