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Re: [PATCH] nl80211: Indicate SA Query procedures offload for AP SME device

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On Thu, 2021-10-14 at 16:48 +0530, Veerendranath Jakkam wrote:
> Add AP SME device feature flag to advertise that the SA Query procedures
> are handled in driver.
> 
> If this flag is advertised SA Query request or response frames from peers
> are not reported to userspace. Thus userspace components shall skip SA
> Query specific validations.
> 
> Ex: When AP started with Operating Channel Validation(OCV) support and
> channel switch occurs, hostapd starts SA Query timer for OCV enabled
> STAs. Hostapd sends deauth to the STAs which didn't send SA Query
> request before timeout, Hostapd can skip such validations when this flag
> advertised.

So how's that going to work with older hostapd? It'll be offloaded, and
then hostapd doesn't know, so it's still going to disconnect them?

So should be that hostapd also opts in to this driver behaviour?

Also ... it _really_ would be good if there were upstream drivers with
these things ...

johannes




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