Re: [PATCH 0/2] Migrate QRTR Nameservice to Kernel
From: Manivannan Sadhasivam
Date: Fri Feb 14 2020 - 02:08:23 EST
+ Kalle Valo
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 07:47:55AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 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.
Kalle has some information to share.
Thanks,
Mani