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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:28:08 -0500
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Subject: Re: Broadcom brcm80211 monitor mode
From: Daniel Smith <viscous.liquid@gmail.com>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
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	Roland Vossen <rvossen@broadcom.com>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@broadcom.com>
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Hey Arend,

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> wrote:
> On 02/03/2012 09:01 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I see on the "To be done list" for both the fullmac and softmac chips
>> is to add support for monitor mode. I was wondering how realistic is
>> that task. If it is definitely going to occur, any idea what it will
>> support, e.g. capturing management frames. Also any kind of hint what
>> kind of time frame are you looking at? Any info would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> V/r,
>> Daniel Smith
>>
>
> For brcmsmac it has already been done just using the radiotap
> functionality. I did not implement it, but I think this functionality is
> provided by cfg80211. Not sure if that is sufficient info.
>
> Gr. AvS
>

Thanks for the quick response and that is excellent to hear! Is there
any word on the fullmac side? I am actually interested in both as I
will be dealing with both standard and mobile devices. Due to the
popularity of your chips, it would be great if I could add Broadcom to
my list of viable chips.

Thanks!
dps