Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:41:56 +0530 | From | Manivannan Sadhasivam <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] Migrate QRTR Nameservice to Kernel |
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Hi Dave,
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 07:47:55AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org> > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:00:08 +0530 > > > The primary motivation is to eliminate the need for installing and starting > > a userspace tool for the basic WiFi usage. This will be critical for the > > Qualcomm WLAN devices deployed in x86 laptops. > > I can't even remember it ever being the case that wifi would come up without > the help of a userspace component of some sort to initiate the scan and choose > and AP to associate with. > > And from that perspective your argument doesn't seem valid at all.
For the WiFi yes, but I should have added that this QRTR nameservice is being used by modems, DSPs and some other co-processors for some offloading tasks. So currently, they all depend on userspace ns tool for working. So migrating it to kernel can benefit them all.
Sorry that I should've made it clear in the commit message.
Thanks, Mani
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