Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:53:16 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: FYI: why hostap mode isn't ready yet for AR9380 and later chips Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonfoJqp_pqB=7g0-Y5uQRADF6WuK_3=KPEokmoy1XN1BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I've had a few people ask why AR9380 hostap mode isn't working yet and when I expect to have that working. Firstly - it's because I have a day job, and that day job isn't FreeBSD. Honest. But all jokes aside, the last main thing to deal with at the moment is tidying up the TX path - specifically how the CABQ traffic is assembled. Right now any traffic that gets shoved in the CABQ confuses my TX FIFO hack to bring up unicast / station mode traffic, and this will eventually hang the driver. I'm designing some replacement TX code which will "fix" all of this but it's going to take time. So, as usual, it'll happen but it'll take time. It's not all bad news - I know that basic hostap services work, right up to 3x3 MCS23. So the basics are there and working fine. It's just the CABQ handling that is finally forcing me to do a redesign of that part of the codebase. I'll let everyone know when I have pushed some code into -HEAD for further testing. Thanks, Adrian
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