Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:56047 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751319Ab1HLMad (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:30:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] nl80211/cfg80211: Add extra IE configuration to AP mode setup From: Johannes Berg To: Jouni Malinen Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20110810205556.GA3821@jouni.qca.qualcomm.com> References: <20110810205556.GA3821@jouni.qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:30:28 +0200 Message-ID: <1313152228.4022.4.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20110812_143036_495384_D9D752EE) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:55 +0300, Jouni Malinen wrote: > The NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON command is, in practice, requesting AP mode > operations to be started. Add new attributes to provide extra IEs > (e.g., WPS IE, P2P IE) for drivers that build Beacon, Probe Response, > and (Re)Association Response frames internally (likely in firmware). Out of curiosity, how would such a driver implement WPS to start with? johannes