On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Oleksij Rempel <li...@rempel-privat.de> wrote:
> Am 14.11.2014 um 10:18 schrieb Yeoh Chun-Yeow:
>> Hi, Oleksij Rpel
>>
>> If we do it in ath9k_hw_init_mfp, these MAC version are related to USB
>> devices:
>>
>> AR_SREV_VERSION_9271
>> AR_SREV_VERSION_9280
>> AR_SREV_VERSION_9287
>>
>> Right?
>
> yes. ar9271 with usb interface. ar9280 and ar9287 are pcie attached to
> ar7010 cpu.
>
Alright, I will work out the patch using ath9k_hw_init_mfp.
---
ChunYeow
>> ----
>> ChunYeow
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchuny...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Oleksij Rempel <li...@rempel-privat.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Am 14.11.2014 um 06:07 schrieb Chun-Yeow Yeoh:
>>>>> Secured mesh encrypts the unicast mgmt frame using the same
>>>>> key that used for encrypting the unicast data frame. The patch
>>>>> "ath9k_htc_firmware: fix the offset of CCMP header for mesh
>>>>> data frame" applied to open-ath9k-htc-firmware allows the
>>>>> ath9k_htc to be loaded without "nohwcrypt=1". Unfortunately,
>>>>> this is not working and we still need CCMP encryption of
>>>>> management frames to be done in software. Fix this.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch is tested with the following hardwares:
>>>>> - TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287]
>>>>> - AR9271 802.11n
>>>>>
>>>>> and managed to work with peer mesh STA equipped with ath9k.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchuny...@gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c | 3 ++-
>>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
>>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
>>>>> index 689ac99..d3f65a2 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
>>>>> @@ -1447,7 +1447,8 @@ static int ath9k_htc_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw
>>>>> *hw,
>>>>> key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV;
>>>>> if (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP)
>>>>> key->flags |=
>>>>> IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC;
>>>>> - if (priv->ah->sw_mgmt_crypto &&
>>>>> + if ((vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT ||
>>>>> + priv->ah->sw_mgmt_crypto) &&
>>>>> key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_CCMP)
>>>>> key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT_TX;
>>>>> ret = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmm.. may be we should generally do it here:
>>>> if ((vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
>>>> vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) &&
>>>> (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP ||
>>>> key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_CCMP) &&
>>>> !(key->flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE)) {
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not so sure doing here is correctly. It is a pairwise key for unicast
>>> management frame, right?
>>>
>>>> or probably set "sw_mgmt_crypto = true" in ath9k_hw_init_mfp() for all
>>>> usb devices?
>>>
>>> All ath9k USB devices don't have MFP support?
>>>
>>> ---
>>> ChunYeow
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Oleksij
>
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