Hi David,
> With host mlme:
> Tested-by: <[email protected]> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD
> Without host mlme:
> Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <[email protected]> # 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
> From: Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:48 PM
> To: David Lin <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; LKML <[email protected]>;
> [email protected]; Kalle Valo <[email protected]>;
> [email protected]; Pete Hsieh <[email protected]>; rafael.beims
> <[email protected]>; Francesco Dolcini
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host
> mlme
>
> Hi David,
>
> > With host mlme:
> > Tested-by: <[email protected]> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD Without
> > host mlme:
> > Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <[email protected]> #
> > 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