On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 15:31 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Hi, > > > > Huh? Well that's odd, maybe there's a race condition and you program the > > > key before the peer was added to the device? > > > > Not so sure. The adding of key is actually done by the meshd-nl80211 > > (authsae) daemon running in userspace. > > > > https://github.com/cozybit/authsae/blob/master/linux/meshd-nl80211.c > > > > /* key to encrypt/decrypt unicast data AND mgmt traffic to/from this peer */ > > install_key(&nlcfg, peer, CIPHER_CCMP, NL80211_KEYTYPE_PAIRWISE, 0, mtk); > > Yeah but that always required a station ... now you have a station but > it's not uploaded. > > > > What device are you working with? > > I am using atheros 11n chipset (ath9k). > > Ok. > > I think you're probably trying to set a key before the station is set to > associated? Does meshd-nl80211 set the station flag NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED before the key? I suppose both should work -- to make HW key working when the station is not uploaded yet the key has to be uploaded after the station is uploaded ... that'd need to have some hooks in the code. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
