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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README index 2f6e90fcb5a..2ff8ccb8dc3 100644 --- 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). |