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net80211: enable promiscuous mode state change for non-monitor/ahdemo modes
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Authored by avos on Feb 27 2016, 11:48 AM.
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Summary
  • Allow to enable/disable promiscuous mode when:
    • interface is not a member of bridge, or;
    • request was issued by user (ifconfig wlan0 promisc), or;
    • interface is in MONITOR or AHDEMO mode.
  • Drop local workarounds in mwl(4) and malo(4).
Test Plan

Tested with:

  • Intel 3945BG, STA mode;
  • RTL8188CUS, MONITOR mode;

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avos retitled this revision from to net80211: enable promiscuous mode state change for non-monitor/ahdemo modes.
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Apr 20 2016, 9:30 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.