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.
as I said, isn’t external_auth exactly meant for this?
Regards
Marcel
> From: Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>
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> 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.
>
> as I said, isn’t external_auth exactly meant for this?
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
Can you let me know what does "external_auth" mean?
David