Return-path: Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:62556 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751799Ab2BWQBG (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:01:06 -0500 Received: by ghrr11 with SMTP id r11so653565ghr.19 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:01:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F356004.9090409@broadcom.com> References: <4F356004.9090409@broadcom.com> From: Kiss Robert Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:00:45 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20120223_170110_592094_5817D19F) Subject: Re: Broadcom brcm80211 monitor mode To: Franky Lin Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Thanks for the answer! I have read somewhere that the Broadcom 4330 chipset on Samsung Galaxy S II cannot be put to monitor mode because of some hardware limitation. Is that true? Can someone confirm that? Regards, Robert On 10 February 2012 19:20, Franky Lin wrote: > On 02/08/2012 10:53 AM, Kiss Robert wrote: >> >> On 2012-02-03 21:57:27, Franky Lin wrote: >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Does that mean that the Android driver for bcm4330 has a working >> monitor mode already? Where can I download that? >> > > Hi, > > I need to correct my words after some digging. The Android version does > *NOT* fully support monitor mode. It has some partial support there for P2P > implementation. But some packets are held by the dongle because of filter > offload. Sorry about the wrong info. > > Regards, > Franky >