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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
To: shankar swaminathan <shankswa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [mac80211] hooking all 802.11 packets to user space without conversion
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shankar swaminathan <shankswa@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to know if 802.11 packets could be hooked from the mac80211
> module to the user space.
>
> Basically, I run a module that needs the 802.11 pkts without converting
> them to 802.3.
>
> I am able to register for MLME pkts but not sure whether I can register for
> data pkts and get them to user space.

Have you tried adding a monitor interface and taking packets from that?

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Kalle Valo