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Re: [PATCH 1/4] iwlwifi: mvm: Allow multicast data frames only when associated

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Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The MAC context configuration always allowed multicast data frames
> to pass to the driver for all MAC context types, and in the
> case of station MAC context both when associated and when not
> associated.
> 
> One of the outcomes of this configuration is having the FW forward
> encrypted multicast frames to the driver with Rx status indicating
> that the frame was not decrypted (as expected, since no keys were
> configured yet) which in turn results with unnecessary error
> messages.
> 
> Change this behavior to allow multicast data frames only when they
> are actually expected, e.g., station MAC context is associated etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>

4 patches applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

50f5604476b2 iwlwifi: mvm: Allow multicast data frames only when associated
884b75696873 iwlwifi: pcie: fix the byte count table format for 22560 devices
17e40e6979aa iwlwifi: pcie: don't switch FW to qnj when ax201 is detected
5a8c31aa6357 iwlwifi: pcie: fix recognition of QuZ devices

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11097607/

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




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