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Re: [PATCH] b43: allow disabling hardware encryption

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On Tuesday 21 August 2007 18:08:18 Johannes Berg wrote:
> For debugging it seems useful to be able to turn off
> hardware encryption. With the changes I made to mac80211
> that is now simple.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c |    7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> --- wireless-dev.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c	2007-08-21 16:41:30.955923881 +0200
> +++ wireless-dev/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c	2007-08-21 16:47:46.175923881 +0200
> @@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ static int modparam_hwpctl;
>  module_param_named(hwpctl, modparam_hwpctl, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(hwpctl, "Enable hardware-side power control (default off)");
>  
> +static int modparam_nohwcrypt;
> +module_param_named(nohwcrypt, modparam_nohwcrypt, int, 0644);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nohwcrypt, "Disable hardware encryption.");
> +
>  static const struct ssb_device_id b43_ssb_tbl[] = {
>  	SSB_DEVICE(SSB_VENDOR_BROADCOM, SSB_DEV_80211, 5),
>  	SSB_DEVICE(SSB_VENDOR_BROADCOM, SSB_DEV_80211, 6),
> @@ -2850,6 +2854,9 @@ static int b43_dev_set_key(struct ieee80
>  	u8 index;
>  	int err = -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if (modparam_nohwcrypt)
> +		return -ENOSPC;
> +
>  	if (!dev)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	switch (key->alg) {

I queued this, although your mac80211 patch that changes the key
stuff is not in, yet. /me looks at John. :)

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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