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

[Bitterblue Smith]

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
>