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Subject: Re: iwlwifi: 8265: unexpected LLC packets TX'ed in monitor mode
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To:     Marco <marco@tampabay.rr.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 16:53:24 +0200
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On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 10:26 -0400, Marco wrote:
> 
> > I think these are somehow related to calibrations in the device.
> 
> Are you perhaps implying that I can alter calibration settings to fix
> this problem?  If you have any pointers to this it would be
> appreciative.

No, I don't know if this is possible. I'm just telling you what I think
the reason for them is.

> Regardless though, I would still expect the default behavior to not
> emit packets when in monitor mode, unless the user directs it to;
> similar to what I've seen from other wifi chipsets.

I have no idea precisely why (for what kind of calibration) these are
transmitted and if it could be changed, I guess you could try contacting
Intel's customer support?

johannes