Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:47645 "EHLO mail-ob0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750841Ab2HPEG0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:06:26 -0400 Received: by obbuo13 with SMTP id uo13so3090145obb.19 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:06:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:06:25 +0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20120816_060705_389665_EFBCABE0) Subject: ath5k: Hardware Management Frame Protection From: Yeoh Chun-Yeow To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, all Is the management frame protection (IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE) supported by the ath5k hardware? Secured mesh requires the support of AES CMAC (00-0f-ac:6) cipher for multicast management frame. However, this cipher only makes available by the hardware flag IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE. Can I simply turn this on base.c? Please advice. Thanks Regards, Chun-Yeow