[RFC] Implementing nohwcrypt in wcn36xx

[Eugene Krasnikov]

Are you sure you do not set encrypt_type in config_sta command? I am
surprised that FW will not pass frames if frame is encrypted but
wcn36xx  is not configure with keys.

2014-03-28 13:15 GMT+00:00 Bob Copeland <me at bobcopeland.com>:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 05:31:50PM +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote:
>> Ya, it is highly possible. Not so sure whether there is kind of raw rx
>> mode in the firmware.
>>
>> AES CMAC also not support by ath9k. Maybe the best we can is to try
>> encrypt and decrypt the unicast data frame and let others to be
>> handled by mac80211.
>
> Yes, this would be the best if we can't get hardware support for it.
> But we'd still need to solve raw rx to use it.  Eugene, do you know
> whether there's a way to get frames that fail decrypt passed back
> to the host?
>
> I also wonder if it is possible to use a different cipher suite for
> the GTK, but I haven't really studied the matter.
>
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Best regards,
Eugene