Monitor mode not working for iwi(4) on 7.X

[Paul B Mahol]

On 10/9/10, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 06:07:31PM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote:
>> Just to clear this up, iwi(4) can not support injection (see
>> iwi_raw_xmit())
>> unless you manage to hack firmware ...
>
> Can you perhaps comment on this thread:
>
> 	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=242556
>
> At a glance it looks like guys use dummy interface for packet injection,
> and I don't see they patch firmware in any way.  If it's not a hoax, I
> wonder if similar techniques can be used under FreeBSD.

That patch allows only data injection so it is near to useless.