RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

[David Lin]

> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:48 PM
> To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> francesco@xxxxxxxxxx; Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@xxxxxxx>; rafael.beims
> <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Francesco Dolcini
> <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host
> mlme
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> > With host mlme:
> > Tested-by: <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD Without
> > host mlme:
> > Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> #
> > 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

FW can't support WPA3. In order to support WPA3, driver should leverage MLME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd.
This patch is used to let MLME is running by wpa_supplicant and hostapd instead of handling by FW.

David