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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] brcmfmac: specify some features per firmware version
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:22:38 +0000 (UTC)
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Rafał Miłecki wrote:

> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> 
> Some features supported by firmware aren't advertised and there is no
> way for a driver to query them. This includes e.g. monitor mode details.
> 
> Most firmwares support monitor interface but only the latest ones
> /announce/ it with a "monitor" flag in the "cap" iovar. There isn't any
> reliable detection method for older firmwares (BRCMF_C_MONITOR was tried
> but "it only indicates the core part of the stack supports").
> 
> Similarly support for tagging monitor frames and building radiotap
> headers can't be reliably detected for all firmwares.
> 
> This commit adds table that allows mapping features to firmware version.
> It adds mappings for 43602a1 and 4366b1 firmwares from
> linux-firmware.git. Both were confirmed to be passing monitor frames.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

1e591c56a65f brcmfmac: specify some features per firmware version

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10513497/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches