Re: Broadcom brcm80211 monitor mode

["Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>]

On 02/03/2012 10:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:
> Hey Arend,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> wrote:
>> On 02/03/2012 09:01 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I see on the "To be done list" for both the fullmac and softmac chips
>>> is to add support for monitor mode. I was wondering how realistic is
>>> that task. If it is definitely going to occur, any idea what it will
>>> support, e.g. capturing management frames. Also any kind of hint what
>>> kind of time frame are you looking at? Any info would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> V/r,
>>> Daniel Smith
>>>
>>
>> For brcmsmac it has already been done just using the radiotap
>> functionality. I did not implement it, but I think this functionality is
>> provided by cfg80211. Not sure if that is sufficient info.
>>
>> Gr. AvS
>>
> t
> Thanks for the quick response and that is excellent to hear! Is there
> any word on the fullmac side? I am actually interested in both as I
> will be dealing with both standard and mobile devices. Due to the
> popularity of your chips, it would be great if I could add Broadcom to
> my list of viable chips.
> 
> Thanks!
> dps
> 

With fullmac chip management frames are normally not sent to the host so
there is a bit more work involved, but still realistic. At this moment I
can not really give a date when to expect it.

Gr. AvS