netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Migrate QRTR Nameservice to Kernel

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Message-Id: <20200213.074755.849728173103010425.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:47:55 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org
Cc:     dcbw@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Migrate QRTR Nameservice to Kernel

From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.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.