linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:47:58 +0200
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 briannorris@...omium.org,
 Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
 francesco@...cini.it,
 tsung-hsien.hsieh@....com,
 rafael.beims@...adex.com,
 Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@...adex.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

Hi David,

> With host mlme:
> Tested-by: <rafael.beims@...adex.com> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD
> Without host mlme:
> Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@...adex.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