[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] hostapd: make ACS dependent on nl80211
Bryce Ferguson
bryce.ferguson at rockwellcollins.com
Tue Feb 6 14:13:40 UTC 2018
+Sam
On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Alexander Mukhin
<alexander.i.mukhin at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to hostapd's defconfig file, ACS is currently only supported
> through the nl80211 driver. Search through the source code also confirms
> that ACS machinery is present in the nl80211 driver only.
>
> Although hostapd can be built with ACS enabled and nl80211 disabled, an
> attempt to use ACS with other drivers by setting a wireless channel to 0
> results in a runtime failure (driver doesn't accept this value). So we
> might save a user from selecting a meaningless combination by making ACS
> dependent on nl80211.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Mukhin <alexander.i.mukhin at gmail.com>
Bryce Ferguson
Software Engineer
Airborne Information Solutions \ RC Linux Platform
400 Collins Rd NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498
Bryce.Ferguson at rockwellcollins.com
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