linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Set WIPHY_FLAG_NETNS

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Message-ID: <169029811729.3309254.16459474870595238976.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:15:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Wiesboeck <johannes.wiesboeck@...ec.fraunhofer.de>
Cc:     Johannes Wiesboeck <johannes.wiesboeck@...ec.fraunhofer.de>,
        Michael Weiß 
        <michael.weiss@...ec.fraunhofer.de>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@...il.com>,
        Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@....com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Set WIPHY_FLAG_NETNS_OK flag

Johannes Wiesboeck <johannes.wiesboeck@...ec.fraunhofer.de> wrote:

> Allow moving the wiphy device for mwififex to a non-inital network
> namespace. Many wireless drivers enable this flag implicitly by
> initializing through the generic ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm function. As
> mwifiex does not utilize this function WIPHY_FLAG_NETNS_OK must be set
> explicitly.
> 
> Moving to network namespace and working connection tested using
> wpa_supplicant from a network namespace as well as from a container on
> GyroidOS. The hardware was the Toradex Apalis i.MX8QM Board using the
> Azurewave AW-CM276NF wireless module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesboeck <johannes.wiesboeck@...ec.fraunhofer.de>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@...ec.fraunhofer.de>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

7ee92f6b4160 wifi: mwifiex: Set WIPHY_FLAG_NETNS_OK flag

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230706093437.3380526-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches