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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:27:50 +0530
From: Saravana <saravanad@posedge.com>
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To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: add debugfs file for mic failure
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On 11/26/2012 08:38 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 04:56 -0800, saravanad@posedge.com wrote:
>> Add a debugfs file showing the number of failure of
>> rx packet dropped due to mic failures. currently the
>> number of rx packet dropped is counted in general and
>> not with respect to a specific reason. This patch
>> counts the number of packet drop due to mic failure.
>
> What's the value of this, shouldn't wpa_s/hostapd start countermeasures
> pretty quickly?
>
This will just be a counter which keeps track of the number of mic 
failures. Debugfs already had Rx dropped packet counter. This would 
provide more granularity in respect to the reason of packet drop.
Yes, wpa_s/hostapd will start countermeasure quickly.

> johannes
>
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