Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | David Lin <> | Subject | RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:08:25 +0000 |
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> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:48 PM > To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com> > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; > briannorris@chromium.org; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>; > francesco@dolcini.it; Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@nxp.com>; rafael.beims > <rafael.beims@toradex.com>; Francesco Dolcini > <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host > mlme > > Hi David, > > > With host mlme: > > Tested-by: <rafael.beims@toradex.com> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD Without > > host mlme: > > Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com> # > > 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
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