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Kalle Valo ; > francesco@dolcini.it; Pete Hsieh ; rafael.beim= s > ; Francesco Dolcini > > Subject: RE: [EXT] [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support hos= t > mlme=20 >=20 > > From: Brian Norris > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2024 5:42 AM > > To: David Lin > > Cc: Marcel Holtmann ; > > linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; LKML ; > > Kalle Valo ; francesco@dolcini.it; Pete Hsieh > > ; rafael.beims ; > > Francesco Dolcini > > Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support > > host mlme > > > > Caution: This is an external email. Please take care when clicking > > links or opening attachments. When in doubt, report the message using > > the 'Report this email' button > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 04:00:17AM +0000, David Lin wrote: > > > Can you let me know what does "external_auth" mean? > > > > Look around for NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH. It's in nl80211.h with > > plenty of comments. (And also cfg80211_ops::cfg80211_ops, > > cfg80211_external_auth_request, ...) > > > > I've never looked at this interface before, personally. It seems to > > rely on cfg80211_ops::mgmt_tx support too; that seems to exist in > > mwifiex, although I have no clue the quality of support there. > > > > Brian >=20 > Thanks for your information. If "external_auth" means only offloading SAE > authentication to SME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd (driver should hook > cfg80211_ops. external_auth() to achieve this kind of offloading). > Then it is not the same as the job done by this patch. > This patch fully leverages SME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd. >=20 > David Should I give more detail information about this question? BTW, if there ar= e other blocked items to let this patch be accepted, please let me know. Thanks for your help. David