On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 14:50 -0700, Brian Norris wrote: > > AFAICT, mwifiex firmware still isn't allowing "parsing and generation of > 802.11 wireless frames" in any general form -- everything I see is still > wrapped in custom firmware command protocols. I do see that the AUTH > frame looks like it's essentially duplicating the standard mgmt format, > and uses the driver's TX path for it, but there isn't a corresponding > ASSOC management frame that I can see... Fair point, I didn't really look beyond "auth creates auth frames and sends them normally like any other frame" ... > ...so I really can't tell how much control this firmware *does* give the > host regarding arbitrary 802.11 frame management. Perhaps indeed FW does require the assoc to be done with that command. > But that's pretty much business as usual for anybody but the vendor in > priorietary firmware land; I can't answer pretty much any question, > other than what I can glean from a driver. :) johannes
