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Date:   Sat, 23 May 2020 23:17:14 +0200
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Subject: Re: [BUG?] b43: can't connect to WPA3 network (nohwcrypt=1)
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc:     Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@gmail.com>,
        "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
        =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_B=C3=BCsch?= <m@bues.ch>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
        b43-dev <b43-dev@lists.infradead.org>
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On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 23:06, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrot=
e:
> On 5/22/20 3:40 PM, Rui Salvaterra wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 19:02, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> =
wrote:
> >>
> >> Rui,
> >>
> >> Does this one-line
> >> patch work for WPA3 without setting the nohwcrypt option?
> >
> > Ok, so it "works", but I don't know what actually happened (I didn't
> > do any performance testing yet). I got this relevant output on my
> > kmsg=E2=80=A6
> >
> > rui@mcnugget:~$ dmesg | awk '(/80211/ || /b43/ || /wlan0/)'
> > [    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=3D/vmlinux-5.7.0-rc6+
> > root=3DUUID=3D849bbef3-007e-491e-b187-9e259680c2e2 ro mitigations=3Doff
> > b43.qos=3D0 b43.verbose=3D3 usbhid.mousepoll=3D16 quiet splash
> > [    0.035705] b43-pci-bridge 0001:10:12.0: enabling device (0004 -> 00=
06)
> > [    0.210299] b43-pci-bridge 0001:10:12.0: Sonics Silicon Backplane
> > found on PCI device 0001:10:12.0
> > [    3.361908] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
> > [    3.454235] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 3, Type 2 (G), Revision 7
> > [    3.454259] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision
> > 8, Version 0
> > [    3.485125] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstre=
l_ht'
> > [   28.697945] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:=
15:07)
> > [   28.730381] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
> > [   28.731389] b43-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized
> > [   28.731400] b43-phy0 debug: QoS disabled
> > [   28.792272] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
> > [   28.820318] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
> > [   33.944771] wlan0: authenticate with 04:f0:21:24:28:44
> > [   33.970449] wlan0: send auth to 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (try 1/3)
> > [   34.026222] wlan0: authenticate with 04:f0:21:24:28:44
> > [   34.026241] wlan0: send auth to 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (try 1/3)
> > [   34.028522] wlan0: authenticated
> > [   34.043256] wlan0: associate with 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (try 1/3)
> > [   34.046946] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (capab=3D0x43=
1
> > status=3D30 aid=3D1)
> > [   34.046964] wlan0: 04:f0:21:24:28:44 rejected association
> > temporarily; comeback duration 1000 TU (1024 ms)
> > [   35.122051] wlan0: associate with 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (try 2/3)
> > [   35.125547] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 04:f0:21:24:28:44 (capab=3D0x43=
1
> > status=3D0 aid=3D1)
> > [   35.125808] wlan0: associated
> > [   35.268256] b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for
> > keyidx: 0, mac: 04:f0:21:24:28:44
> > [   35.268762] b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for
> > keyidx: 2, mac: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > [   35.358586] wlan0: failed to set key (5, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) to hardw=
are (-22)
> > [   35.358977] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> > [   87.283220] wlan0: failed to set key (4, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) to hardw=
are (-22)
> > [   87.283521] b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for
> > keyidx: 1, mac: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > rui@mcnugget:~$
> >
> > Meanwhile, iw list shows all the possible software cyphers:
> >
> >      Supported Ciphers:
> >          * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
> >          * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
> >          * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
> >          * CCMP-128 (00-0f-ac:4)
> >          * CCMP-256 (00-0f-ac:10)
> >          * GCMP-128 (00-0f-ac:8)
> >          * GCMP-256 (00-0f-ac:9)
> >          * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
> >          * CMAC-256 (00-0f-ac:13)
> >          * GMAC-128 (00-0f-ac:11)
> >          * GMAC-256 (00-0f-ac:12)
> >
> > What I'm not sure is if b43 is doing all the cyphers it supports in
> > hardware and falling back to software just for the unsupported ones,
> > or if it's doing everything in software.
> It will do supported ciphers in hardware, and unsupported using software.=
 The
> patch tells mac80211 that we will accept the newer ciphers, then in the
> set_key() callback, we tell it whether the current type will be handled i=
n
> hardware. Operations will be transparent. I will keep the nohwcrypt optio=
n just
> in case someone has a hardware malfunction that prohibits hardware use fo=
r all
> ciphers, but it will not be needed in cases like yours. Performance will =
be as
> you did earlier.

Nice work Larry, thank you!

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