Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Enable AP mode for RTL8188EU

[Georg Müller]

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)?

Best regards,
Georg