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Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:06:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:06:12 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Enable AP mode for RTL8188EU To: =?UTF-8?Q?Georg_M=C3=BCller?= , Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260312142155.2642993-1-georgmueller@gmx.net> <093ad0f2-8265-4560-a51f-397eb34f7f1c@gmail.com> <98711825-cbf3-46ad-a26c-9f1d284480ac@gmx.net> Content-Language: en-US From: Bitterblue Smith In-Reply-To: <98711825-cbf3-46ad-a26c-9f1d284480ac@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 12/03/2026 18:08, Georg Müller wrote: > > Am 12.03.26 um 16:58 schrieb Bitterblue Smith: >> On 12/03/2026 16:21, Georg Müller wrote: >>> Allow devices with this driver to be used as a wireless access point. >>> >>> I successfully tested this with a TP-Link TP-Link TL-WN725N adapter. >>> >>> Experiments two years ago failed, but some other improvements to the >>> driver seemed to have resolved theses issues. >>> >> >> The rate control code still doesn't handle more than one station. >> It's not going to work right. >> >> It shouldn't be too complicated. The ra_info member of rtl8xxxu_priv >> needs to become an array. > > Ok, I have only tested it with one client in my setup. > > So the ra_info array needs to of size max_macid_num? > Dynamically allocated or hard-coded in struct rtl8xxxu_priv (8188e seems > to be the only user of struct rtl8xxxu_ra_info)? > Yes. :) Also, if I remember correctly, there was a member of rtl8xxxu_ra_info that needs to be moved to rtl8xxxu_priv, because it's a global thing, not per macid. > Best regards, > Georg >