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Re: [RFC PATCH v1] cfg80211/nl80211: add support for AID assignment by driver

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Hi,

> Add support for getting and free association ID if the station
> association ID management handled by the WLAN driver/firmware.
> 
> Add cfg80211 driver ops and nl80211 API and CMD to request
> the WLAN driver to assign an AID for a station during association
> and release the AID of the station from the WLAN driver/firmware
> station database on disassociation from the AP.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sarada Prasanna Garnayak <sarada.prasanna.garnayak@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/net/cfg80211.h       | 12 +++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 11 +++++++
>  net/wireless/nl80211.c       | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/wireless/rdev-ops.h      | 22 +++++++++++++
>  net/wireless/trace.h         | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 155 insertions(+)

Could you please clarify the use-cases for this feature and its potential
users ? Besides, why existing nl80211_set_station can't be used ? It turns
out that there exists station AID field among numerous
'struct station_parameters' fields.

Regards,
Sergey




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