Protected flag is clear in Monitor Mode

[Yeoh Chun-Yeow]

Ok got it.

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Chun-Yeow

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> wrote:
> On 19 May 2014 12:43, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> There's absolutely no need to *set* the rx decap mode to raw.
>
> What I meant was to look at decap mode in htt rx descriptor of each
> frame when deciding whether to strip the protected flag or not. I've
> made a patch but I need to test a few things before sending it out.
>
>
> Michał