Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since the driver was first introduced into the kernel, it has only > handled the ciphers associated with WEP, WPA, and WPA2. It fails with > WPA3 even though mac80211 can handle those additional ciphers in software, > b43 did not report that it could handle them. By setting MFP_CAPABLE using > ieee80211_set_hw(), the problem is fixed. > > With this change, b43 will handle the ciphers it knows in hardware, > and let mac80211 handle the others in software. It is not necessary to > use the module parameter NOHWCRYPT to turn hardware encryption off. > Although this change essentially eliminates that module parameter, > I am choosing to keep it for cases where the hardware is broken, > and software encryption is required for all ciphers. > > Reported-and-tested-by: Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 75d057bda1fb b43: Fix connection problem with WPA3 6a29d134c04a b43_legacy: Fix connection problem with WPA3 -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11570765/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
