From e6f9861ace44bc193dda827ebc3b498e4f273578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:02:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added a note about mac80211-based drivers and nl80211

---
 hostapd/README         | 4 ++++
 hostapd/hostapd.conf   | 2 +-
 www/hostapd/index.html | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hostapd/README b/hostapd/README
index dd242042d..674377470 100644
--- a/hostapd/README
+++ b/hostapd/README
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Current hardware/software requirements:
 	Prism54 driver for Intersil/Conexant Prism GT/Duette/Indigo
 	(http://www.prism54.org/)
 
+	mac80211-based drivers that support AP mode (with driver=nl80211).
+	This includes drivers for Atheros (ath9k) and Broadcom (b43)
+	chipsets.
+
 	Any wired Ethernet driver for wired IEEE 802.1X authentication
 	(experimental code)
 
diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf
index f8771b785..eaf0d4e13 100644
--- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface=wlan0
 #bridge=br0
 
 # Driver interface type (hostap/wired/madwifi/prism54/test/none/nl80211/bsd);
-# default: hostap)
+# default: hostap). nl80211 is used with all Linux mac80211 drivers.
 # Use driver=none if building hostapd as a standalone RADIUS server that does
 # not control any wireless/wired driver.
 # driver=hostap
diff --git a/www/hostapd/index.html b/www/hostapd/index.html
index 8624e3b76..1c22d8a3c 100644
--- a/www/hostapd/index.html
+++ b/www/hostapd/index.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE
 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and
 RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host
-AP, madwifi, Prism54 drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).</p>
+AP, madwifi, Prism54, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).</p>
 
 <p>hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the
 background and acts as the backend component controlling
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).
     <address><a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">Jouni Malinen</a></address>
 <!-- Created: Sun Jan  2 17:20:17 PST 2005 -->
 <!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: Sun Dec  7 19:24:25 EET 2008
+Last modified: Sat Dec 20 13:00:20 EET 2008
 <!-- hhmts end -->
     </div>
   </body>