On 5/28/23 01:38, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
Hi, it is possible to remove three modules from the staging area by replacing: rtllib_crypt_ccmp with lib80211_crypt_ccmp rtllib_crypt_tkip with lib80211_crypt_tkip rtllib_crypt_wep with lib80211_crypt_wep The following issues arise: - rtl8192e needs to be switched to software encryption or lib80211_crypt_... needs to be extended with hardware encryption. - Performance is dropping on my computer from 12,5MB/s to 1,5MB/s when switching to software encryption.(it does not really change if I use rtllib_crypt_ccmp or lib80211_crypt_ccmp) - Fix: rtllib_rx_decrypt: decrypt frame error that occure sometimes on lib80211_crypt_ccmp Below the changes on the driver that made use of lib80211_crypt_... possible. So the questions are: Is it worth the effort or is this going in the wrong direction? Does it help the kernel community or is it just creating more effort? Why does LIB80211 not support hardware encryption? Or does it?
I do not know why LIB80211 does not support hardware encryption, but the performance hit you report is not acceptable!
Larry
