On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:48 PM Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-06-23 at 17:10 +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: > > iwlmei allows to integrate with the CSME firmware. There are > > flows that are prioprietary for this purpose: > > > > * Get the information the AP, the CSME firmware is connected > > to. This is useful when we need to speed up the connection > > process in case the CSME firmware has an TCP connection > > that must be kept alive across the ownership transition. > > * Forbid roaming, which will happen when the CSME firmware > > wants to tell the user space not disrupt the connection. > > * Request ownership, upon driver boot when the CSME firmware > > owns the device. > > > > Co-Developed-by: Ayala Beker <ayala.beker@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > include/uapi/linux/nl80211-vnd-intel.h | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > This was supposed to be submitted separately [1] so people see it more > easily, so *bump* - everyone take a look please. > > johannes > > [1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/nl80211#vendor-specific_api > > Patches introducing such commands shall be submitted separately, not > “buried” in big driver patchsets. Give them a “nl80211: vendor-cmd: ” > prefix to make them easily identifiable. > > Though I guess we can debate if this is a "big" patchset :) > Thanks Johannes. I have a few typos in the commit message so that I can re-send this patch if needed. In that case, I'd send it as a standalone patch. (Although it'd make the kernel build bots unhappy).
