Hi Adrian, does "hardware assist...will likely not work" mean "forget it, won't work" or "so it would have to be implemented in software instead"?
-- Regards Joerg > Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> schrieb am 17:53 Dienstag, 31.Mai 2016: > > Hi, > > The other thing to keep in mind is the hardware assist for things like > TIM parsing, wakeup, etc will likely not work. :) > > > > -a > > > > On 31 May 2016 at 03:50, Michal Kazior <michal.kaz...@tieto.com> wrote: >> On 31 May 2016 at 10:44, jpo <pommn...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> to implement a "Stealth feature", e.g. the WLAN network does > not show up in >>> normal Scans, we modified the Frame version, Beacon and Probe-Response >>> values for an old ATH5K card running on the now dormant Madwifi driver. >>> Question: Is the same thing even POSSIBLE with ath10k? My main concern > is, >>> that the firmware just won't handle non-standard values. >>> >>> Can somebody who understands the division of labor between mac80211, > ath10k, >>> the firmware and the hardware suppress his or her gag reflex long > enough to >>> think about this? >> >> First and foremost you'll need to use firmware with > "raw-mode" support >> - otherwise firmware just craps over frame headers. Some 10.2.4 >> support it - you can look into the mailing list archive for some >> discussions. >> >> Not sure if Rx will work though as firmware-controlled Rx filters may >> prevent you from receiving frames with crazy frame_control values. >> You'll need to check this out yourself. Some firmware revisions might >> have RX_FILTER wmi command support but this isn't used/documented >> anywhere and it's questionable how much it allows you to override. >> >> Whatever you find it'd be nice if you post whatever you find out (for >> posterity :) >> >> >> Michał >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath10k mailing list >> ath10k@lists.infradead.org >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k > _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k
