RE: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-11 Thread Machani, Yaniv
r.kernel.org; > linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin) > > On Sunday 10 April 2016 13:51:41 Pavel Machek wrote: > > Is it "hardware can't do AP", "firmware can't do AP" or "current >

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-11 Thread Pali Rohár
On Sunday 10 April 2016 13:51:41 Pavel Machek wrote: > Is it "hardware can't do AP", "firmware can't do AP" or "current drivers > do not support AP"? We know that current linux TI wl1251.ko driver does not support AP. And I'm still do not know if "hardware can do AP" or not. Also I'm not sure...

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-10 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > wl1251 does not support AP mode, so there is no firmware for it in > > > the tree. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Yaniv > > > > Hi Yaniv! I read on some TI whitepaper, that wl1251 hardware supports > > some Soft-AP mode. So I expect that either special FW is needed for it > > or somehow

RE: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-06 Thread Machani, Yaniv
On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 22:07:39, Kalle Valo wrote: > > > More than that, wl1251 family is not officially supported via the > > mainline Linux. > > I guess you mean not officially supported by TI? Because wl1251 driver > has been in mainline for ages and reportedly working. > Correct.

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-06 Thread Kalle Valo
"Machani, Yaniv" writes: > More than that, wl1251 family is not officially supported via the > mainline Linux. I guess you mean not officially supported by TI? Because wl1251 driver has been in mainline for ages and reportedly working. -- Kalle Valo

RE: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-06 Thread Machani, Yaniv
On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 15:12:43, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > For other TI wilink chips there are -ap.bin firmware files > > > > (wl1271-fw-ap.bin and wl128x-fw-ap.bin) which support AP mode. > > > > But for > > > > wl1251 firmware file with guessed name "wl1251-fw-ap.bin" is > > > > missing. > >

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-06 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 06 April 2016 13:30:22 Machani, Yaniv wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 15:39:44, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI > > > wl1251 chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which > > > supports managed and ad-hoc modes. > > > > >

RE: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-06 Thread Machani, Yaniv
On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 15:39:44, Pali Rohár wrote: > > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI > > wl1251 chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which supports > > managed and ad-hoc modes. > > > > For other TI wilink chips there are -ap.bin firmware files > >

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-04-04 Thread Pali Rohár
On Sunday 20 March 2016 00:40:25 Pali Rohár wrote: > Hi! > > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI wl1251 > chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which supports managed > and ad-hoc modes. > > For other TI wilink chips there are -ap.bin firmware files >

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-03-21 Thread Pali Rohár
On Monday 21 March 2016 12:35:32 Kalle Valo wrote: > Pali Rohár writes: > > > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI wl1251 > > chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which supports managed > > and ad-hoc modes. > > > > For other TI wilink

Re: AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-03-21 Thread Kalle Valo
Pali Rohár writes: > In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI wl1251 > chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which supports managed > and ad-hoc modes. > > For other TI wilink chips there are -ap.bin firmware files > (wl1271-fw-ap.bin and

AP firmware for TI wl1251 wifi chip (wl1251-fw-ap.bin)

2016-03-19 Thread Pali Rohár
Hi! In linux-firmware repository [1] is missing AP firmware for TI wl1251 chip. There is only STA firmware wl1251-fw.bin which supports managed and ad-hoc modes. For other TI wilink chips there are -ap.bin firmware files (wl1271-fw-ap.bin and wl128x-fw-ap.bin) which support AP mode. But for