ath12k: WCN7851 and QCN9274 monitor mode not working

[david Atkins]

> 
> On 8/19/2024 5:14 PM, Florian Schmidt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to use ath12k in monitor mode with cards WCN7851 and
> QCN9274 without success.
> >
> > When switching the interface to monitor, iw always fail with the following
> response:
> > command failed: Operation not supported (-95)
> >
> > But ''iw phy show’’ reports that the interface support monitor mode.
> 
> This flag is set by mac80211 in ieee80211_register_hw():
> 
> /* mac80211 always supports monitor */
> hw->wiphy->interface_modes |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR);
> 
> Our upstream code currently doesn't support it yet.
> 
> >
> > I tried with many kernels, using todays firmware from the ath12k-firmware
> repository, the 6.10.5 kernel and the ath-pending kernel and always get the
> same result.
> >
> > Is there any way to get monitor mode to work on Qualcom WiFi 7 chips?
> 
> No, we haven't upstream related patch-set yet.
> 
> Indeed we have some patch-sets under review now.
> 
> Not sure when we can upstream all of them.
> 
> 
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> 


Is there anyway we can build from these patch sets, are they on a branch of repo we can pull from?

David