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

[David Lin]

> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 5:15 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
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> Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host
> mlme
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> 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.
> 
> as I said, isn’t external_auth exactly meant for this?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marcel

Can you let me know what does "external_auth" mean?

David