ath10k: firmware crash in station mode & problem DFS

[Janusz Dziedzic]

On 26 May 2014 22:00, Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2014-05-26 15:45 GMT+02:00 Vu Hai NGUYEN <vh.nguyen at actiasodielec.fr>:
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>> >Thanks for logs.
>> >Seems hostapd get probe request and try to send probe responses but
>> >using monitor interface - driver never get this frame.
>> >Seems you have set use_monitor=1 in hostapd - why? Did you hack/overwrie
>> > this?
>> >ath10k don't need dedicated monitor interface for AP mode.
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>> Thank you for your response, I don't set that parameter in hostapd file
>> and even in the example file of hostapd.conf, I don't see that parameter.
>> Here is my hostapd.conf:
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>> interface=wlan0
>> driver=nl80211
>> bridge=br0
>> country_code=FR
>> ieee80211d=1
>> ieee80211h=1
>> hw_mode=a
>> ieee80211n=1
>> wds_sta=1
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>> ht_capab=[HT40+][SMPS-STATIC][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][MAX-AMSDU-7935][DSSS_CCK-36]
>> channel=52
>> rts_threshold=2347
>> beacon_int=100
>> wmm_enabled=1
>> logger_syslog=-1
>> logger_syslog_level=0
>> logger_stdout=-1
>> logger_stdout_level=2
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> macaddr_acl=0
>> auth_algs=1
>> eapol_key_index_workaround=0
>> eapol_version=1
>> eap_server=0
>> ssid=ath10k
>> wpa=0
>> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>> wpa_passphrase=password
>> wpa_group_rekey=86360
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>> But as you said, when I run hostapd (with option -dd) I saw this output:
>> nl80211: Setup AP(wlan0) - device_ap_sme=0 use_monitor=1
>> It means that parameter is set automatically by the driver nl80211?. And I
>> guess that hostapd do that itself.
>> Do you know why or can you show me how to set that parameter off to do a
>> test?
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> This is set base on what driver/mac80211/cfg80211 report - function
> wpa_driver_nl80211_capa().
> With ath10k and new mac80211 this should be never set. So, seems you still
> have old/wrong modules and system build/configuration problem?
> Check cfg80211.ko/mac80211.ko ... and/or add some prints to driver_nl80211.c

adding ath10k while html was removed :-)

BR
Janusz