On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kalle, > > I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please advise what > are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for qca6174? > Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode? > > I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION 0x05010000) and > Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2. > > I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am > trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2 QCA6174 > wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but tcpdump > can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to > (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing / monitor operation. I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in (assuming such a build even exists). MichaĆ _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k