iwn and hostap

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On Sunday, June 26, 2011 22:37:36 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 26 June 2011 23:26, Patrick Lahni <list at cykotix.com> wrote:
> > Adhoc is supported.  According to iwn(4):
> >
> > iwn supports station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation.
> >
> > I wasn't sure if that means, just for now?  Or is hostap not planned for
> > these cards supported by iwn?
> 
> The card runs closed-source firmware which we can't get to the insides
> of. I don't know the exact details, but there may be some features
> which we can't really get to in order to support proper hostap modes.

Afaik, the firmware has basic hostap support, the only real thing
missing are the powersafe bits. This goes also for IBSS mode, someone
has to implement proper multi-station support. It's on my todo list..

-- 
Bernhard