Re: [PATCH 1/2] dpp: relax requirement on IWD being in a disconnected state

[James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>]

On 7/19/24 2:00 PM, Denis Kenzior wrote:
> Hi James,
>
>>>
>>> Have you looked into how WSC does this?
>> I hadn't, but looks like it waits for a disconnected state before 
>> starting? We could do this too in DPP I guess. Just check if station 
>> is in any pending connecting states (connecting/connecting_auto), set 
>> a flag, and start DPP when station signals its disconnected.
>
> My view on this is that the user has explicitly indicated that they 
> want to connect to a new network, so any ongoing autoconnect in 
> station should be canceled.
>
> Also, I think it would be good to be consistent between DPP and WSC.  
> In the end they implement the same use case.  Whatever we do for one 
> should be the same for the other.

Ok we can do this instead. I see that WSC will actually disconnect 
explicitly when its begins, and manages stations autoconnect state. This 
was my only concern with DPP as I didn't want starting an enrollee to 
cancel autoconnect in general in case of failure.

Thanks,

James

>
> Regards,
> -Denis