Merge branch 'linus' into timers/hrtimers

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / networking / mac80211_hwsim / README

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
index 2f6e90fcb5a79e91f33c753027ed998640954e58..24ac91d56698d626fb266556c5b0c3b9fd212fa9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ published by the Free Software Foundation.
 Introduction
 
 mac80211_hwsim is a Linux kernel module that can be used to simulate
-arbitrary number of IEEE 802.11 radios for mac80211 on a single
-device. It can be used to test most of the mac80211 functionality and
-user space tools (e.g., hostapd and wpa_supplicant) in a way that
-matches very closely with the normal case of using real WLAN
-hardware. From the mac80211 view point, mac80211_hwsim is yet another
-hardware driver, i.e., no changes to mac80211 are needed to use this
-testing tool.
+arbitrary number of IEEE 802.11 radios for mac80211. It can be used to
+test most of the mac80211 functionality and user space tools (e.g.,
+hostapd and wpa_supplicant) in a way that matches very closely with
+the normal case of using real WLAN hardware. From the mac80211 view
+point, mac80211_hwsim is yet another hardware driver, i.e., no changes
+to mac80211 are needed to use this testing tool.
 
 The main goal for mac80211_hwsim is to make it easier for developers
 to test their code and work with new features to mac80211, hostapd,
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ since all radio operation is simulated, any channel can be used in
 tests regardless of regulatory rules.
 
 mac80211_hwsim kernel module has a parameter 'radios' that can be used
-to select how many radios are simulates (default 2). This allows
+to select how many radios are simulated (default 2). This allows
 configuration of both very simply setups (e.g., just a single access
 point and a station) or large scale tests (multiple access points with
 hundreds of stations).
@@ -51,10 +50,6 @@ associates with the AP. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are used to take
 care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also
 processing access point side of association.
 
-Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a
-simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
-http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch
-
 
 # Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration
 
@@ -66,3 +61,8 @@ hostapd hostapd.conf
 
 # Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1
 wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+
+More test cases are available in hostap.git:
+git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git and mac80211_hwsim/tests subdirectory
+(http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=tree;f=mac80211_hwsim/tests)