AW: [PATCH] nl80211: add extra-ies only if allowed by driver

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Hi,

I didn't see these updates. Sorry.
I'm glad that after this long waiting time progress is made on this topic.
This way we can drop the patch from our tree with the next version update.

Thank's a lot.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx>
> Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Februar 2025 09:28
> An: Sebastian Priebe <sebastian.priebe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: add extra-ies only if allowed by driver
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 08:50:31AM +0000, Sebastian Priebe wrote:
> > Upgrading wpa_supplicant from 2.9 to 2.10 breaks broadcom-wl based
> > adapters. The reason for it is hostapd tries to install additional IEs
> > for scanning while the driver does not support this.
> >
> > The kernel indicates the maximum number of bytes for additional scan
> > IEs using the NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_IE_LEN attribute. Save this value
> > and only add additional scan IEs in case the driver can accommodate
> > these additional IEs.
>
> Why are you sending the same patch from three years ago when that has
> open comments[1] and this has already been addressed in other commits
> that take into account those comments[2]?
>
> (1)
> https://patch/
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> --
> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

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