questions about atheros chipsets

[Andrey Yurovsky]

Here is how it was done for the B43 chipset:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg15011.html
while the ath5k hardware and driver are quite different, note that in the
case of the B43, support for sending beacons in 'mesh point' mode is added.

2008/6/8 임영빈 <ybim at mmlab.snu.ac.kr>:

> Hi.
>
> Thank you for your kind reply.
> It seems that we can make a mesh interface with ath5k, but it has no mesh
> functionality.
>
> I want to try to change the code, as you said.
> So would you explain what and how I should do?
>
> Thank you~
>
>
>
> 2008/6/6 Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca at cozybit.com>:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> first of all, you should use compat-wireless (or directly
>> wireless-testing), as it includes everything on o11s.org and is way more
>> up to date.
>>
>> Second, as of today, ath5k does not have support for mesh, and will not
>> let you create a mesh interface. Were you able to create one? Unless you
>> create the interface as mesh one, it will not offer any mesh
>> functionality.
>>
>> However, ath5k does support IBSS mode, so it should be trivial to add
>> support for mesh. I do not have access to a ath5k device nor much time
>> to do it now, but if you want to add mesh support to the driver I will
>> be glad to help.
>>
>> --
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