From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56240C433DF for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 14:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37FC42075F for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 14:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2403819AbgE1Ox3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2020 10:53:29 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45792 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2391363AbgE1Ox1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2020 10:53:27 -0400 Received: from sipsolutions.net (s3.sipsolutions.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:191:4433::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65FB9C08C5C8 for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 07:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jeJuP-004vfq-Na; Thu, 28 May 2020 16:53:25 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: iwlwifi: 8265: unexpected LLC packets TX'ed in monitor mode From: Johannes Berg To: Marco , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:53:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.2 (3.36.2-1.fc32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org 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