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Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] wifi: libertas: IE handling fixes

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On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 09:31:28PM -0800, Doug Brown wrote:
> This series implements two fixes for the libertas driver that restore
> compatibility with modern wpa_supplicant versions, and adds (or at least
> improves) support for WPS in the process.
> 
> 1) Better handling of the RSN/WPA IE in association requests:
>    The previous logic was always just grabbing the first one, and didn't
>    handle multiple IEs properly, which wpa_supplicant adds nowadays.
> 
> 2) Support for IEs in scan requests:
>    Modern wpa_supplicant always adds an "extended capabilities" IE,
>    which violates max_scan_ie_len in this driver. Go ahead and allow
>    scan IEs, and handle WPS based on the info that Dan provided.
> 
> These changes have been tested on a Marvell PXA168-based device with a
> Marvell 88W8686 Wi-Fi chipset. I've confirmed that with these changes
> applied, modern wpa_supplicant versions connect properly and WPS also
> works correctly (tested with "wpa_cli -i wlan0 wps_pbc any").

Thanks,

this looks good to me. So, FWIIW,

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



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