On Tue, 2012-09-04 at 15:19 +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> Previously, it was not possible to connect
> to networks which requires 11w to be supported
> by the stations.
If at all possible if we can do this without module parameters, that
would be great. Otherwise how is userspace supposed to connect to a
W-capable network without twiddling driver-specific module options,
something we've tried really hard to not do? Module options really
aren't any different than private ioctls or IWPRIV commands...
Dan
> Note:
>
> As all current (and old) firmwares corrupt
> incoming, protected management frames, the
> decryption offloading needs to be disabled.
>
> This can be done by loading the p54common
> module with the nohwcrypt=1 parameter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2->v3:
> - fixed modparam_nohwcrypt typo
> (Yes, v2 never compiled :( )
>
> Regards,
> Christian
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
> index 5e91ad0..8ab5aef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
> @@ -739,6 +739,17 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *p54_init_common(size_t priv_data_len)
> IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
> IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS;
>
> + if (modparam_nohwcrypt) {
> + /*
> + * Only support MFP, if the hardware crypto engine
> + * is disabled, as the firmware's rx-path corrupts
> + * incoming CCMP encrypted RX mgmt frames.
> + * However, if no rx key is uploaded, the firmware
> + * passes the unencrypted frame to the driver.
> + */
> + dev->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE;
> + }
> +
> dev->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
> BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) |
> BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
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