From: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"briannorris@chromium.org" <briannorris@chromium.org>,
Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
"francesco@dolcini.it" <francesco@dolcini.it>,
Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@nxp.com>,
rafael.beims <rafael.beims@toradex.com>,
Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:08:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <PA4PR04MB963815B9FDA6119683A28CADD10E2@PA4PR04MB9638.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ED16BAB-6E7D-487C-BBCA-E63FEF37C60D@holtmann.org>
> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:48 PM
> To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
> briannorris@chromium.org; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>;
> francesco@dolcini.it; Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@nxp.com>; rafael.beims
> <rafael.beims@toradex.com>; Francesco Dolcini
> <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host
> mlme
>
> Hi David,
>
> > With host mlme:
> > Tested-by: <rafael.beims@toradex.com> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD Without
> > host mlme:
> > Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com> #
> > 88W8997-SD
> >
> > This series add host based MLME support to the mwifiex driver, this
> > enables WPA3 support in both client and AP mode.
> > To enable WPA3, a firmware with corresponding V2 Key API support is
> > required.
> > The feature is currently only enabled on NXP IW416 (SD8978), and it
> > was internally validated by NXP QA team. Other NXP Wi-Fi chips
> > supported in current mwifiex are not affected by this change.
>
> I am a bit confused here. If this is just for WPA3 support, then wasn’t this
> suppose to be solved with external_auth support?
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
FW can't support WPA3. In order to support WPA3, driver should leverage MLME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd.
This patch is used to let MLME is running by wpa_supplicant and hostapd instead of handling by FW.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-18 9:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-18 6:06 [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme David Lin
2024-04-18 6:06 ` [PATCH v10 1/2] wifi: mwifiex: add host mlme for client mode David Lin
2024-04-18 6:37 ` Francesco Dolcini
2024-04-18 8:24 ` [EXT] " David Lin
2024-05-23 0:53 ` Brian Norris
2024-05-24 9:46 ` [EXT] " David Lin
2024-05-24 17:02 ` Brian Norris
2024-05-24 22:00 ` David Lin
2024-05-24 22:54 ` Brian Norris
2024-05-25 0:50 ` David Lin
2024-05-25 11:24 ` David Lin
2024-06-14 2:18 ` David Lin
2024-04-18 6:06 ` [PATCH v10 2/2] wifi: mwifiex: add host mlme for AP mode David Lin
2024-05-23 0:59 ` Brian Norris
2024-05-23 2:20 ` [EXT] " David Lin
2024-06-12 13:11 ` Sascha Hauer
2024-06-14 2:06 ` [EXT] " David Lin
2024-06-14 6:31 ` Sascha Hauer
2024-04-18 6:47 ` [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme Marcel Holtmann
2024-04-18 9:08 ` David Lin [this message]
2024-04-18 9:15 ` [EXT] " Marcel Holtmann
2024-04-19 4:00 ` David Lin
2024-04-19 21:42 ` Brian Norris
2024-04-22 8:34 ` David Lin
2024-04-23 2:29 ` David Lin
2024-04-24 8:11 ` Marcel Holtmann
2024-04-25 2:40 ` David Lin
2024-04-26 1:08 ` Brian Norris
2024-05-02 8:34 ` David Lin
2024-05-13 1:27 ` David Lin
2024-05-23 0:50 ` Brian Norris
2024-04-26 1:00 ` Brian Norris
2024-04-26 3:04 ` David Lin
2024-04-25 2:09 ` David Lin
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