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Re: [question] ath9k: 11n monitor mode

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On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 09:37 +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> 2009/11/27 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 2009/11/26 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> I don't know exactly, but a while ago there was a discussion about how
> >> to represent HT rates in Radiotap. AFAIK mac80211 refuses to forward
> >> HT packets to monitor interfaces as they don't have a valid CCK or
> >> OFDM rate.
> >
> > Matteo added a suggested field for radiotap for MCS rates:
> >
> > http://www.radiotap.org/suggested-fields/MCS
> 
> Oh, I see.
> 
> Is there any patch which may let mac80211 forward HT packets to
> monitor interface now?
> If there is, where could I find it?

It will forward all frame that it gets from the driver, just not tell
you it was an HT frame in radiotap since there's no way to -- you'll see
a frame without rate information.

johannes

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