Function of EnforceProtection for CMD_MAC_CONTROL?

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 17:21 -0700, Ronak Chokshi wrote:
> If EnforceProtection is 1, 
>    For WPA/WPA2 rx packet mode, 
>    if ProtectedFrame bit = 0 in FrameControlField, we will discard this
> rx packet.
>    If ProtectedFrame bit = 1 in FrameControlField, we will continue to
> do decryption then pass up the decrypted packet to host if no MIC error.
> 
> If EnforceProtection is 0, 
>    For WPA/WPA2 rx packet mode, 
>    if ProtectedFrame bit = 0 in FrameControlField, we will pass up rx
> packet without doing any decryption.
>    If ProtectedFrame bit = 1 in FrameControlField, we will continue to
> do decryption then pass up the decrypted packet to host if no MIC error.

Ok, great!  Thanks for the info.

> We haven't yet responded to Holger. We will do it by tomorrow. Which
> email from Dave Anders are you talking about? I don't seem to have any
> questions from him.

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libertas-dev/2007-March/000335.html

Thanks!
Dan

> Thanks
> Ronak
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Williams [mailto:dcbw at redhat.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:33 PM
> To: Ronak Chokshi
> Cc: libertas-dev at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Function of EnforceProtection for CMD_MAC_CONTROL?
> 
> Hi Ronak!
> 
> Could you explain the function of the the EnforceProtection bit (bit 10)
> of the action field of the CMD_MAC_CONTROL command?  I'm not entirely
> sure what its function is; I'm trying to get WPA support back up and
> running.
> 
> Also, was there any reply from the Compact Flash or SDIO guys on the
> questions that Dave Anders or Holger Schurig had?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 
>