> From: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2024 5:42 AM > To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; > linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Kalle > Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>; francesco@xxxxxxxxxx; Pete Hsieh > <tsung-hsien.hsieh@xxxxxxx>; rafael.beims <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx>; > Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH v10 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host > mlme > > Caution: This is an external email. Please take care when clicking links or > opening attachments. When in doubt, report the message using the 'Report > this email' button > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 04:00:17AM +0000, David Lin wrote: > > Can you let me know what does "external_auth" mean? > > Look around for NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH. It's in nl80211.h with > plenty of comments. (And also cfg80211_ops::cfg80211_ops, > cfg80211_external_auth_request, ...) > > I've never looked at this interface before, personally. It seems to rely on > cfg80211_ops::mgmt_tx support too; that seems to exist in mwifiex, > although I have no clue the quality of support there. > > Brian Thanks for your information. If "external_auth" means only offloading SAE authentication to SME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd (driver should hook cfg80211_ops. external_auth() to achieve this kind of offloading). Then it is not the same as the job done by this patch. This patch fully leverages SME of wpa_supplicant and hostapd. David
