well, found somebody who is running bridging and hostap on the same machine, though it seems like this person is having some issues with the setup. hopefully, things have settled down since that ...

Malinen, Jouni. hostap.epitest.fi. Home page for wpa_supplicant, a WPA supplicant for Linux; hostap, a driver for Linux-based APs using Prism WLAN hardware; and hostapd, a WPA-enabled access point ...