> From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:48 PM > To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>; > francesco@xxxxxxxxxx; Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@xxxxxxx>; rafael.beims > <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Francesco Dolcini > <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host > mlme > > Hi David, > > > With host mlme: > > Tested-by: <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx> #Verdin AM62 IW416 SD Without > > host mlme: > > Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> # > > 88W8997-SD > > > > This series add host based MLME support to the mwifiex driver, this > > enables WPA3 support in both client and AP mode. > > To enable WPA3, a firmware with corresponding V2 Key API support is > > required. > > The feature is currently only enabled on NXP IW416 (SD8978), and it > > was internally validated by NXP QA team. Other NXP Wi-Fi chips > > supported in current mwifiex are not affected by this change. > > I am a bit confused here. If this is just for WPA3 support, then wasn’t this > suppose to be solved with external_auth support? > > Regards > > Marcel FW can't support WPA3. In order to support WPA3, driver should leverage MLME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd. This patch is used to let MLME is running by wpa_supplicant and hostapd instead of handling by FW. David
