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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rsi: Fix TX EAPOL packet handling against iwlwifi AP
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
In-Reply-To: <20201015111616.429220-1-marex@denx.de>
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To:     Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc:     netdev@vger.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
        Angus Ainslie <angus@akkea.ca>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
        Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>,
        Sebastian Krzyszkowiak <sebastian.krzyszkowiak@puri.sm>,
        Siva Rebbagondla <siva8118@gmail.com>,
        linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date:   Sat,  7 Nov 2020 11:32:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:

> In case RSI9116 SDIO WiFi operates in STA mode against Intel 9260 in AP mode,
> the association fails. The former is using wpa_supplicant during association,
> the later is set up using hostapd:
> 
> iwl$ cat hostapd.conf
> interface=wlp1s0
> ssid=test
> country_code=DE
> hw_mode=g
> channel=1
> wpa=2
> wpa_passphrase=test
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> iwl$ hostapd -d hostapd.conf
> 
> rsi$ wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c <(wpa_passphrase test test)
> 
> The problem is that the TX EAPOL data descriptor RSI_DESC_REQUIRE_CFM_TO_HOST
> flag and extended descriptor EAPOL4_CONFIRM frame type are not set in case the
> AP is iwlwifi, because in that case the TX EAPOL packet is 2 bytes shorter.
> 
> The downstream vendor driver has this change in place already [1], however
> there is no explanation for it, neither is there any commit history from which
> such explanation could be obtained.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/SiliconLabs/RS911X-nLink-OSD/blob/master/rsi/rsi_91x_hal.c#L238
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Angus Ainslie <angus@akkea.ca>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> Cc: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
> Cc: Sebastian Krzyszkowiak <sebastian.krzyszkowiak@puri.sm>
> Cc: Siva Rebbagondla <siva8118@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

65277100caa2 rsi: Fix TX EAPOL packet handling against iwlwifi AP

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