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From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
To: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>,
	"Franky Lin" <franky.lin@broadcom.com>,
	"Hante Meuleman" <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com>,
	"Chi-Hsien Lin" <chi-hsien.lin@cypress.com>,
	"Wright Feng" <wright.feng@cypress.com>,
	"Pieter-Paul Giesberts" <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>,
	brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com,
	brcm80211-dev-list@cypress.com
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Research + questions on brcmfmac and support for monitor mode
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:48:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5B1E537F.2080502@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <66e43eb5-2bc9-2ec3-af48-03248eecb727@gmail.com>

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

  reply	other threads:[~2018-06-11 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-15 12:29 Research + questions on brcmfmac and support for monitor mode Rafał Miłecki
2018-05-16  8:37 ` Arend van Spriel
2018-05-16 10:42   ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-05-30 11:52 ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-11 10:48   ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2018-06-18 11:54     ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-18 19:36       ` Arend van Spriel
2018-06-18 21:46         ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-19  5:36           ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-19  6:58             ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-19  7:27     ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-19  7:53       ` Arend van Spriel
2018-06-19  8:32         ` Rafał Miłecki
2018-06-19 10:49           ` Arend van Spriel
2018-06-25  8:39 ` Rafał Miłecki

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