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Diffstat (limited to 'package/kernel/mac80211/patches/338-v4.19-0001-brcmfmac-detect-firmware-support-for-monitor-interfa.patch')
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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/338-v4.19-0001-brcmfmac-detect-firmware-support-for-monitor-interfa.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/338-v4.19-0001-brcmfmac-detect-firmware-support-for-monitor-interfa.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0eec16 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/338-v4.19-0001-brcmfmac-detect-firmware-support-for-monitor-interfa.patch @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +From 01f69dfafdbe7deff58b58053bc3a4a75c6a570c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= <rafal@milecki.pl> +Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:44:35 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: detect firmware support for monitor interface +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +Many/most of firmwares support creating monitor interface but only the +most recent ones explicitly /announce/ it using a "monitor" entry in the +list of capabilities. + +Check for that entry and store internally info about monitor mode +support using a new feature flag. Once we sort out all details of +handling monitor interface it will be used when reporting available +interfaces to the cfg80211. + +Later some fallback detecion method may be added for older firmwares. +For now just stick to the "monitor" capability which should be 100% +reliable. + +Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl> +Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> +Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> +--- + drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.c | 1 + + drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.h | 4 +++- + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.c +@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static const struct brcmf_feat_fwcap brc + { BRCMF_FEAT_MBSS, "mbss" }, + { BRCMF_FEAT_MCHAN, "mchan" }, + { BRCMF_FEAT_P2P, "p2p" }, ++ { BRCMF_FEAT_MONITOR, "monitor" }, + }; + + #ifdef DEBUG +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.h ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.h +@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ + * MFP: 802.11w Management Frame Protection. + * GSCAN: enhanced scan offload feature. + * FWSUP: Firmware supplicant. ++ * MONITOR: firmware can pass monitor packets to host. + */ + #define BRCMF_FEAT_LIST \ + BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(MBSS) \ +@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ + BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(WOWL_ARP_ND) \ + BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(MFP) \ + BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(GSCAN) \ +- BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(FWSUP) ++ BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(FWSUP) \ ++ BRCMF_FEAT_DEF(MONITOR) + + /* + * Quirks: |