Secured mesh encrypts the unicast mgmt frame using the same key that used for encrypting the unicast data frame. The patch "ath9k_htc_firmware: fix the offset of CCMP header for mesh data frame" applied to open-ath9k-htc-firmware allows the ath9k_htc to be loaded without "nohwcrypt=1". Unfortunately, this is not working and we still need CCMP encryption of management frames to be done in software. Fix this.
This patch is tested with the following hardwares: - TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287] - AR9271 802.11n and managed to work with peer mesh STA equipped with ath9k. Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c index 689ac99..d3f65a2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c @@ -1447,7 +1447,8 @@ static int ath9k_htc_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV; if (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP) key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC; - if (priv->ah->sw_mgmt_crypto && + if ((vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT || + priv->ah->sw_mgmt_crypto) && key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_CCMP) key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT_TX; ret = 0; -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
