On 14.02.25 08:56, kernel test robot wrote:
Hello,
kernel test robot noticed "hwsim.monitor_iface_multi_bss.fail" on:
commit: be22179cfb2fb1164004b70b33a4bdf67e6dd349 ("wifi: nl80211/cfg80211: Stop supporting cooked monitor")
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
[test failed on linux-next/master 7b7a883c7f4de1ee5040bd1c32aabaafde54d209]
in testcase: hwsim
version: hwsim-x86_64-c8c7d56a3-1_20250209
with following parameters:
test: monitor_iface_multi_bss
I was expecting something like that:-)
Cooked monitor interfaces were required for hostapd versions less than
1.0 (released May 2012) for running an AP. Starting with v1.0 hostapd
prefers the cfg80211/nl80211 API, while still be able to use the old one.
This patch here now drops cooked monitor interface support, preventing
hostapd to be able to use the old cooked monitor method.
Any kernel with this patch must fail this and any other test using
cooked monitor mode (driver_params = "use_monitor=1").
Alexander
