Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit 19f505aa3ae0 ("brcmfmac: detect firmware support for monitor
> interface") introduced a fallback mechanism attempting BRCMF_C_MONITOR
> command. However, that does not indicate firmware support. Unfortunately,
> it only indicates the core part of the stack supports it, but not whether
> it is supported in full-dongle mode, ie. firmware has means to transfer
> the monitor packets to the host. Firmwares that return the "monitor"
> flag in the "cap" iovar are able to send the packets to the host.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dropping per Arend's request
6 patches set to Changes Requested.
10482829 [1/6] brcmfmac: remove fallback mechanism for BRCMF_FEAT_MONITOR
10482837 [2/6] brcmfmac: rename BRCMF_FEAT_MONITOR_FMT_RADIOTAP to BRCMF_FEAT_RADIOTAP
10482833 [3/6] brcmfmac: fix for proper support of 160MHz bandwidth
10482835 [4/6] brcmfmac: increase buffer for obtaining firmware capabilities
10482827 [5/6] brcmfmac: add new feature flags for monitor mode operation
10482831 [6/6] brcmfmac: fallback mechanism to determine monitor mode features
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10482829/
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