svn commit: r310624 - head/sys/net80211

[Shawn Webb]

Sounds good. Thanks for the explanation!

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 10:48:17AM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As it's a kernel change in a frequently changing subsystem in -HEAD,
> I'm opting not to bump it until I get the 11ac bits "done" enough.
> Otherwise there'd be a lot of churn. I did bump it for the userland
> facing ABI though as that did have a pretty big impact.
> 
> Anyone using binary-only wifi kernel modules on FreeBSD should know better. :)
> 
> I promise to bump it once 11ac is "done" enough to use, so there is a
> good reference point.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -adrian
> 
> 
> On 27 December 2016 at 06:08, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 06:10:28AM +0000, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> Author: adrian
> >> Date: Tue Dec 27 06:10:28 2016
> >> New Revision: 310624
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/310624
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   [net80211] turn the default TX key configuration (for WEP) into a vap callback.
> >>
> >>   The ath10k firmware supports hardware WEP offload, and in native wifi mode
> >>   (or 802.3 ethernet mode, for that matter) the WEP key isn't actually included
> >>   in the TX payload from net80211.  Instead, a separate firmware command is issued
> >>   that sets the default TX key to be the specified key.
> >>
> >>   However, net80211 doesn't at all inform the driver layer that this is
> >>   occuring - it just "expects" to be inserting WEP header information
> >>   when doing WEP TX, even with hardware encryption.
> >>
> >>   So, to better support the newer world order, turn the default TX key assignment
> >>   into a VAP method that can be overridden by the driver and ensure its wrapped
> >>   in a crypto begin/end set.  That way it should be correctly atomic from the
> >>   point of view of keychanges (as long as the driver does the right thing.)
> >>
> >>   It'd be nice if we passed through to the key_set call a flag that says
> >>   "also make this the default key" - that's captured here by calling the
> >>   deftxkey method after the key_set method.  Maybe I can do that later.
> >>
> >>   Note: this is a net80211 ABI change, and will require a kernel+modules
> >>   recompile.  Happy Holidays, etc.
> >
> > Hey Adrian,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your hard work on the wireless stack. Since this
> > introduces an ABI change, should __FreeBSD_version be bumped?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Shawn Webb
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> > HardenedBSD
> >
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