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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: allow software encryption of aes cmac in mesh

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On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Thomas
>
>> So what does this patch fix, exactly? mac80211 already advertises
>> support for AES CMAC if the hardware is MFP capable.
>
> I think that ath5k is not hardware MFP capable, but actually could do
> AES CMAC in software. But key installation using AES CMAC of authsae
> on the multicast management frame are failed due to the checking of
> cfg80211_supported_cipher_suit which is based on
> IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE. So the only way is bypass this checking.
> What do you think?

But this is ugly. I liked your ath5k patch better and am not really
sure what Johannes' problem with it was?

Thomas
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