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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: support 4-way handshake offloading for WPA/WPA2-PSK

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+ Jouni

On 14-3-2017 14:52, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
>> So the 4-way hs offload patches in wpa_s RFC do not make distinction
>> between 1X and WPA-PSK. Can we expect drivers to support one, but not
>> the other? In other words do we need the flexibility in nl80211?
> 
> You tell me :)
> 
> We're implementing both. Andrei also raised this question on the wpa_s
> patches at my request, and nobody commented.

I see. For our firmware we can also implement both.

> I can live with combining them, but nobody better complain about it
> when they just implement one of them on their device ... :)

Indeed. These are two different use-cases so I can see merit in making
the distinction. However, for those implementing just one it would be
nice to have the distinction between 1X and WPA-PSK offload support in
wpa_supplicant as well.

Regards,
Arend



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