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Re: [PATCH V2] brcmfmac: support monitor frames with the hardware/ucode header

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Rafał Miłecki wrote:

> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> So far there were two monitor frame formats:
> 1) 802.11 frames (with frame (sub)type & all addresses)
> 2) 802.11 frames with the radiotap header
> 
> Testing the latest FullMAC firmwares for 4366b1/4366c0 resulted in
> discovering a new format being used. It seems (almost?) identical to the
> one known from ucode used in SoftMAC devices which is most likely the
> same codebase anyway.
> 
> While new firmwares will /announce/ radiotap header support using the
> "rtap" fw capability string it seems no string was added for the new
> ucode header format.
> 
> All above means that:
> 1) We need new format support when dealing with a received frame
> 2) A new feature bit & mapping quirks have to be added manually
> 
> As for now only an empty radiotap is being created. Adding support for
> extracting some info (band, channel, signal, etc.) is planned for the
> future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

e665988be29c brcmfmac: support monitor frames with the hardware/ucode header

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10802433/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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