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Re: [PATCH] ath10k/mac80211: add rawtxrx, nohwcrypt module param for raw tx injection, sw crypto support.

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"Liu CF/TW" <cfliu.tw@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I am going to propose just one single module parameter control: enc_mode
>
> - enc_mode = 0: Use HW crypto (default),
>
>   Driver behavior:
>      - ath10k driver uses native WiFi mode for both Tx/Rx.
>      - ath10k driver configures key to HW.
>      Given HW key descriptor is configured, mac80211 would offload Tx
> encryption to HW and only do Rx decryption (by mac80211) if HW failed
> to do it.

But isn't the point here to use 802.11 frames ("raw mode")? Then why
name the module paramater as enc_mode? I think that's confusing.

And to me enc_mode doesn't tell much, my first thought was "encoding
mode". Wouldn't cryptmode tell more to the user?


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Kalle Valo
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