Michael MIC

Wolfram Sang wsa at the-dreams.de
Thu Mar 16 07:59:05 UTC 2017


Hi,

> Is there some technical reason why module ks7010 includes a
> implementation of Michael MIC instead of using the implementation in
> crypto/?
> 
> Or is this covered by the statement from the TODO
> 
> - check what other upstream wireless mechanisms can be used instead of the
>   custom ones here

Exactly. Furthermore, for this driver to ever go upstream, it needs to
be converted from WEXT to cfg80211. I didn't look super much into it,
but from what I grasped, the Michael conversion comes with the above
conversion "for free".

Regards,

   Wolfram

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