Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:4965 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751105Ab1H3Jh0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:37:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4E5CAF48.6030205@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110830_113730_477967_9271F1CF) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:37:12 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Hao Han" cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [DEV] modify 802.11 header on BCM4329 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/30/2011 09:07 AM, Hao Han wrote: > Hi all, > > I try to modify 802.11 header of tramsitted packets, especially > management frames such as beacons. When the wireless interface works > in master mode (enabled by new firmware named fw_bcm4329_apsta.bin), I > do monitor beacons on air. However, I cannot find the place through > the driver where these beacons are generated and transmitted. Is that > in firmware? > > My goal is to modify the value of some exsiting field and add new > fields in beacon. If anyone has such experience, please let me know. > Any feedback would be extremely appreciated :) > > Best, > Hao > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Hi Hao, Your guess is right. bcm4329 has most of the stack functionality in firmware. Gr. AvS -- Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. -- H.P. Lovecraft --