On Dienstag, 14. März 2017 15:13:12 CET Johannes Berg wrote: > > The idea was to grab probe requests from userspace with a program > > running next to hostapd. > > I guess there are some efficiency problems with that right now, but a > monitor mode interface should work just as well. Perhaps we can allow > attaching a BPF program to a monitor mode interface, and run that > without cloning the SKB etc.? This has also other problems. For example the ath10k fw will crash a lot when a monitor interface is active. I think that we saw also some performance regressions caused by the ath9k filtering behavior when a monitor mode interface is active (without actually listening on it). Kind regards, Sven
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