On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 07:37:10PM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: > This makes athn(4) offload CCMP encryption and decryption to hardware. > CCMP is used with WPA2, so this reduces CPU load on WPA2 networks only. > > The WPA1 (TKIP) and WEP ciphers remain in software because this simplifies > the driver. TKIP in particular is a annoying to deal with on this hardware. > Old ciphers should not be used anymore anyway and they don't work in 11n mode. > > I have successfully tested the following on this device: > athn0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9281" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 16 > athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 22, address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > Hostap mode with multiple clients in parallel: wpa2, wpa1, wep, plaintext > Client mode: wpa2, plaintext > > Could anyone else test this?
This patch panics on athn(4) USB devices (reported to me by several people). I am working on a fix for USB. Meanwhile, testing on PCI devices is still welcome. Thanks!
