Thanks Shafi for your reply. So nl80211 n cfg80211 is built in the kernel? or is it in the ath9k driver.
iam using kernel 2.6.32.... Do i need to apply wireless extension patch? or will it already have nl80211/cf802.11? Pl help! On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Queenie de Melo <queenie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would lik to know if the ath9k drivers come with inbuilt nl80211 and > > cfg80211 > > > > Or is do i have to separaely download and use nl80211 and cfg80211? > No you don't have to when you do > sudo modprobe ath9k it will take care of it.(you have to download > compatwireless or wireless-testing tree) > ath9k is a mac80211 based driver > Simply ,all your user space commands will come to cfg80211(either by > wext or nl80211) and then to mac80211 finally to driver. > when you use 'iw' commands you will be using nl80211 and when you use > iwconfig commands you will be using wext . > > > > Pl advise > > _______________________________________________ > > ath9k-devel mailing list > > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > > _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
