ath12k: WCN7851 and QCN9274 monitor mode not working

[Kang Yang]

On 8/20/2024 2:44 PM, david Atkins wrote:
>>
>> 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?

No, even half of them haven't under review yet.

Only very few changes have been merged into the master branch.


> 
> David
>