Re: iwlwifi / rtw88 / rtw89 hw crypto request for test (precon for HT/VHT)

From: Oleksandr Kryvulia <shuriku_at_shurik.kiev.ua>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:29:25 UTC
18.02.25 06:01, Bjoern A. Zeeb:
> Hi,
>
> with [1] I added HW_CRYPTO support to the build for all LinuxKPI based
> drivers.  This is a pre-condition to make HT/VHT work with drivers/fw
> which support, e.g., A-MPDU offloading -- basically almost everything
> modern.
>
> I will very likely MFC it at the end of the week if I didn't put in any
> last minute bugs.
>
> As the commit message says it currently only supports CCMP.  If you
> still do WEP or TKIP please let me know and I'll add it to the list
> though I'll then likely want your help to test (patches) as well.
>
> As also mentioned in the commit message I saw one specific panic in the
> past which I no longer can reproduce.  I am sure there's some other edge
> cases on more devices so I need your help to test.
>
> While the code is compiled in now it is disabled behind a tunable until
> there is sufficient feedback for iwlwifi, rtw88 and rtw89 that it works.
> Once that happens I'll flip the default for the tunable at least to on
> and eventually remove it alltogether and we can move to the next steps
> of testing which is hopefully fully merged to git by then.
>
> So if you want some HT/VHT to work with at least modern iwlwifi, and then
> also older iwlwifi, rtw88 and rtw89 in th enext steps please help testing
> and report back the next days.
>
> To turn the code on add the following line to laoder.conf:
>     compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto=1
>
> At runtime you can check the state by using:
>     sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto
>
> Also if you have any problems, then you can easily remove that line (or
> unset it from loader) and boot with the support turned on.
>
> If you reply to this thread or me (positive or negative feedback), please
> add the pciconf -l line for your wifi card so we known about the chipset.
>
>
> Lots of joy,
> Bjoern
>
> [1] 
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=11db70b6057e41b259dc2245cd893d5b19179fcc
>

Works good, thank you!

iwlwifi0@pci0:0:20:3:   class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 
device=0x51f1 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0090
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi'
    class      = network