Hi Johannes, On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 02:24:58PM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote: > On 4/10/2012 2:20 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > >>>I don't get this patch at all. Why am I reviewing some very very basic > >>>skeleton code when we should be discussing userspace APIs (we have > >>>already discussed them with a few people years ago), how the AMP is > >>>going to be managed, how the security handshake is going to work, etc. > >> > >>adding AMP (meaning Bluetooth Alternate MAC/PHY in case anybody cares) > >>for SoftMac WiFi cards should be done solely in kernel space between > >>Bluetooth core and mac80211. All the FullMac cards will expose the HCI > >>AMP directly via the Bluetooth core. See Marvell solution for example. > >> > >>If we require a userspace interaction, I think we are doing something > >>wrong here. And as far as I can tell, the only tricky part is the WPA2 > >>PSK 4-way handshake. We would need a kernel implementation for that. > > > >You already know I disagree, I don't want this code re-implemented in > >kernel space when adding a few tightly controlled APIs is all it needs > >to use an existing implementation of the relevant mechanisms. > > There are also additional complexities like wpa_supplicant having to > know whether to set up/tear down a BT AMP interface for P2P > concurrency etc., I am new to the wireless code but can new virtual interface separate those interfaces? They can have different MAC addresses and you can run wpa_supplicant for each virtual interface separately. Best regards Andrei Emeltchenko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
