From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
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] [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:15:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6CB59E09-F34E-4986-AA88-8EC4EE5E71DF@holtmann.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PA4PR04MB963815B9FDA6119683A28CADD10E2@PA4PR04MB9638.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
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.
as I said, isn’t external_auth exactly meant for this?
Regards
Marcel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-18 9:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ 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
2024-04-18 6:06 ` [PATCH v10 2/2] wifi: mwifiex: add host mlme for AP mode David Lin
2024-04-18 6:47 ` [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme Marcel Holtmann
2024-04-18 9:08 ` [EXT] " David Lin
2024-04-18 9:15 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2024-04-19 4:00 ` [EXT] " 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
2024-04-26 1:00 ` Brian Norris
2024-04-26 3:04 ` David Lin
2024-04-25 2:09 ` David Lin
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