linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:52:19 +0100
From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>
To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	briannorris@...omium.org, kvalo@...nel.org, francesco@...cini.it,
	tsung-hsien.hsieh@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/2]  wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 11:21:21AM +0800, David Lin wrote:
> 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 the NXP QA team. Other NXP Wi-Fi chips
> supported in current mwifiex are not affected by this change.

I did test this series with 88W8997, using SDIO interface, 16.68.1.p197
firmware. Host MLME is disabled in this specific combination, I just
wanted to verify that no obvious regression was introduced, and I was
not able to see any difference in behavior nor in performances.

Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@...adex.com> # 88W8997-SD

Francesco