Return-path: Received: from mail-qt0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:36328 "EHLO mail-qt0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932700AbeFKKsg (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:48:36 -0400 Received: by mail-qt0-f176.google.com with SMTP id o9-v6so19736872qtp.3 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 03:48:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Research + questions on brcmfmac and support for monitor mode To: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , Franky Lin , Hante Meuleman , Chi-Hsien Lin , Wright Feng , Pieter-Paul Giesberts , brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com, brcm80211-dev-list@cypress.com References: <986bbf4c-8fa1-4367-db9e-76a209594b81@gmail.com> <66e43eb5-2bc9-2ec3-af48-03248eecb727@gmail.com> Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" From: Arend van Spriel Message-ID: <5B1E537F.2080502@broadcom.com> (sfid-20180611_124841_005404_3B3E7EEC) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:48:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <66e43eb5-2bc9-2ec3-af48-03248eecb727@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 5/30/2018 1:52 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > I'm providing extra version info of tested firmware images as requested > by Arend in another e-mail thread. Hi Rafał, Looking into our firmware repo it there are two flags, ie. WL_MONITOR and WL_RADIOTAP. It seems both are set for firmware containing -stamon- feature. Your list below confirms that. I still plan to add indication for WL_RADIOTAP in the "cap" iovar, but a stamon feature check could be used for older firmwares. Regards, Arend > On 15.05.2018 14:29, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> 1) brcmfmac43602-pcie.ap.bin from linux-firmware.git >> Firmware version = wl0: Sep 18 2015 03:30:01 version 7.35.177.56 >> (r587209) FWID 01-6cb8e269 >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: mbss4 ndoe proptxstatus > > 43602a1-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop > Version: 7.35.177.56 CRC: 548eccd4 Date: Fri 2015-09-18 03:31:06 PDT > Ucode Ver: 986.122 FWID: 01-6cb8e269 > > >> 2) brcmfmac4366b-pcie.bin from linux-firmware.git >> Firmware version = wl0: Jan 8 2016 12:54:07 version 10.10.69.3309 >> (r610991) FWID 01-c47a91a4 >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: ccx mbss8 multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus >> single-user-beamformee single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366b1-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs > Version: 10.10.69.237 CRC: 4bc48c7b Date: Fri 2016-01-08 12:55:25 PST > Ucode Ver: 1073.531 FWID: 01-c47a91a4 > > >> 3) 4366b1 development branch (from Arend) >> Firmware version = wl0: Oct 6 2016 10:17:32 version 10.10 (TOB) >> (r663589) FWID 01-6c5a1687 >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: bgdfs ccx mbss8 multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus >> single-user-beamformee single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366b1-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs > Version: 10.10 (TOB) (r663589) CRC: 50d4be62 Date: Thu 2016-10-06 > 10:46:42 BST Ucode Ver: 1128.155 FWID: 01-6c5a1687 > >> 4) brcmfmac4366c-pcie.bin.k3 >> Firmware version = wl0: Aug 19 2016 15:22:35 version 10.10.69.74 >> (r629731 WLTEST) FWID 01-5c0166fa >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: bgdfs ccx cptlv-4 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer single-user-beamformee single-user-beamformer toe >> txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfgtest-seqcmds-phydbg-phydump-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-11nprop-dbgam-dbgams-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-hostpmac > Version: 10.10.69.74 CRC: a6268b76 Date: Mon 2016-09-12 16:39:23 CST > FWID 01-5c0166fa > > >> 5) brcmfmac4366c-pcie.bin.ea9500 >> Firmware version = wl0: Aug 23 2016 17:19:51 version 10.10.69.69 >> (r625687) FWID 01-8438621f >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: bgdfs ccx mbss8 multi-user-beamformee multi-user-beamformer >> proptxstatus single-user-beamformee single-user-beamformer toe >> txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-hostpmac > Version: 10.10.69.69 CRC: 34d30c8c Date: Tue 2016-08-23 17:31:24 PDT > FWID 01-8438621f > > >> 6) brcmfmac4366c-pcie.bin.ac88u >> Firmware version = wl0: Sep 12 2016 13:26:44 version 10.10.69.6908 >> (r658761) FWID 01-fed440e1 >> >> Monitor frames without raiotap >> >> flags: 0x0001 >> >> Extra caps: bgdfs ccx cptlv-4 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus single-user-beamformee >> single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-hostpmac-txpwr > Version: 10.10.69.252 CRC: 9fa88ab1 Date: Mon 2016-09-12 13:28:49 CST > Ucode Ver: 1073.579 FWID: 01-fed440e1 > > >> 7) brcmfmac4366c-pcie.bin.asus-dhd24 >> Firmware version = wl0: Nov 7 2017 12:23:08 version 10.10.69.69017 >> (r730013) FWID 01-e258597c >> >> Monitor frames include radiotap header >> >> flags: 0x0002 >> >> Extra caps: bgdfs ccx cptlv-4 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus single-user-beamformee >> single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-hostpmac-txpwr-stamon > Version: 10.10.69.69017 (r730013) CRC: cf0b5621 Date: Tue 2017-11-07 > 12:34:00 CST Ucode Ver: 1073.579 FWID: 01-e258597c > > >> 8) 4366c0 fw from FW_EA9500v2_EA9500S_2.1.1.183171_prod.img >> Firmware version = wl0: Aug 2 2017 18:45:13 version 10.10.122.20 >> (r683106) FWID 01-91326ac8 >> >> Monitor frames include radiotap header >> >> flags: 0x0002 >> >> Extra caps: 160 bgdfs ccx dyn160 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus single-user-beamformee >> single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-stamon-hostpmac-murx-splitassoc-hostmemucode-dyn160-dhdhdr > Version: 10.10.122.20 CRC: c3ff28b5 Date: Wed 2017-08-02 18:58:48 PDT > FWID 01-91326ac8 > > >> 9) 4366c0 fw from GT-AC5300_3.0.0.4_382_15984-gf481f58_cferom_ubi_0824.w >> Firmware version = wl0: Aug 17 2017 08:13:19 version 10.10.122.20 >> (r683106) FWID 01-bbb1a4c >> >> Monitor frames include radiotap header >> >> flags: 0x0002 >> >> Extra caps: 160 bgdfs ccx cptlv-4 dyn160 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus single-user-beamformee >> single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-stamon-hostpmac-murx-splitassoc-hostmemucode-dyn160-dhdhdr > Version: 10.10.122.20 CRC: af9bda7b Date: Thu 2017-08-17 08:21:56 CST > FWID 01-bbb1a4c > > >> 10) 4366c0 fw from ArcherC5400X(US)_171023.bin >> Firmware version = wl0: Sep 14 2017 14:10:23 version 10.10.122.20 >> (r683106) FWID 01-9f0e64f9 >> >> Monitor frames include radiotap header >> >> flags: 0x0002 >> >> Extra caps: 160 bgdfs ccx dyn160 mbss8 multi-user-beamformee >> multi-user-beamformer proptxstatus single-user-beamformee >> single-user-beamformer toe txpwrcache > > 4366c0-roml/pcie-ag-splitrx-fdap-mbss-mfp-wnm-osen-wl11k-wl11u-txbf-pktctx-amsdutx-ampduretry-chkd2hdma-proptxstatus-11nprop-obss-dbwsw-ringer-dmaindex16-bgdfs-stamon-hostpmac-murx-splitassoc-hostmemucode-dyn160-dhdhdr > Version: 10.10.122.20 CRC: fe843f10 Date: Mon 2017-10-23 17:10:00 CST > FWID 01-9f0e64f9