Gents it is great to see this happen one snippet more and you will be able to set the interface into AP mode from userspace hostapd and friends.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c index e09ed2c..69aad6e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, hw->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) | + BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT); i have had it working and no complaints so far. please note that as with mac80211_hwsim it is dependent on a patch Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection: http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch --> Subject: mac80211: allow AP and VLAN modes This patch allows switching interfaces into AP/VLAN modes using cfg80211 (nl80211). Don't allow doing it with wext because then people will just attempt to do it manually (without hostapd) and complain that it doesn't work. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- everything.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-09-26 15:07:22.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-09-26 15:09:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static bool nl80211_type_check(enum nl80 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT: #endif + case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP: + case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN: case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS: return true; default: <-- Regards Greg Jiri Slaby wrote: > Add support for AP mode. This involves: > - enablement in ath5k_beacon_config -- initialize beacon timer > - add AP to the supported modes in ath5k_add_interface > - handle beacon change even for AP in ath5k_config_interface > - remove useless test for IBSS in ath5k_beacon_update > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Nick Kossifidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c | 42 > +++++++++++++++---------------------- > 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c > index e09ed2c..d5d8e2d 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Network Sentry, and is believed to be clean. http://www.dialandsave.co.za _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel