Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:3505 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755695Ab2BCV6G (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:58:06 -0500 Message-ID: <4F2C5847.4020603@broadcom.com> (sfid-20120203_225811_922036_38C7705D) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:57:27 -0800 From: "Franky Lin" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Daniel Smith" cc: "Arend Van Spriel" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Roland Vossen" Subject: Re: Broadcom brcm80211 monitor mode References: <4F2C4BB2.1070207@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/03/2012 01:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: > Hey Arend, > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Arend van Spriel 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 > Monitor mode is not supported in fullmac at the moment. I am afraid we don't have an ETA as well. But if for mobile devices you mean Android devices using Broadcom wifi chipset, current Android driver does have monitor mode support. Franky