Re: [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: increase max_num_akm_suites

From: Marcel Ziswiler
Date: Tue Jun 11 2024 - 09:14:29 EST


Hi Sascha

On Mon, 2024-06-10 at 09:27 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:25:48PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > The maximum number of AKM suites will be set to two if not specified by
> > > the driver. Set it to CFG80211_MAX_NUM_AKM_SUITES to let userspace
> > > specify up to ten AKM suites in the akm_suites array.
> > >
> > > Without only the first two AKM suites will be used, further ones are
> > > ignored.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I assume you that you have also tested this on a real device, right?
>
> Sure. It was tested with a MAYA-W161-00B module from u-blox with a IW416
> chipset.
>
> BTW I haven't mentioned this, but It fixes the same problem as mentioned here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240523081428.2852276-1-s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/

As we are also using the IW416 albeit from the MAYA-W160-00B module on our Verdin AM62, we were wondering about
the exact use case this patch helps solving. Could you reveal some more details around this? Thanks!

> Sascha

Cheers

Marcel