Protected flag is clear in Monitor Mode

[Yeoh Chun-Yeow]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> wrote:
> On 16 May 2014 06:38, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, all
>>
>> I try to use ath10k (firmware version 10.1.467.2-1_ as standalone
>> monitor mode. I assume that monitor mode will allows the frame to pass
>> to upper layer without any modification.
>>
>> But it seems that the protected flag in frame control is clear while I
>> capture with wireshark. I has verified that the ath9k has not such
>> issue and the protected flag is set.
>>
>> So is this a known issue in monitor mode for ath10k?
>
> Good catch!
>
> ath10k doesn't really check if frame was decrypted by firmware or not
> (there's no explicit descriptor flag for that).
>
> I think we need to rely on the raw frame decap mode as an implicit
> indication a frame must not have it's protected flag stripped.
>

I try to set TARGET_10X_RX_DECAP_MODE to ATH10K_HW_TXRX_RAW. But still
not working.

So we need firmware change for this?

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Chun-Yeow