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Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] nl80211: vendor-cmd: add Intel vendor commands for iwlmei usage

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Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

Vendor command requirements are documented here:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/nl80211#vendor-specific_api

The commit log is not really answering to those. For example, how a user
would use this? Or is there a user space tool?

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