From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8093567904820930564==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Denis Kenzior Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] doc: document new [General].4WayOffload Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:49:19 -0500 Message-ID: <7e89ecfe-3485-ecac-6e1f-e5a865ed2c9d@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210330184808.744574-6-prestwoj@gmail.com> List-Id: To: iwd@lists.01.org --===============8093567904820930564== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi James, On 3/30/21 1:48 PM, James Prestwood wrote: > This option will allow the 4-way handshake to be offloaded to > firmware if it supports it. > --- > src/iwd.config.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > = > diff --git a/src/iwd.config.rst b/src/iwd.config.rst > index 478bd616..e2060312 100644 > --- a/src/iwd.config.rst > +++ b/src/iwd.config.rst > @@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ The group ``[General]`` contains general settings. > off by default. If you want to easily utilize Hotspot 2.0 netwo= rks, > then setting ``DisableANQP`` to ``false`` is recommended. > = > + * - 4WayOffload > + - Values: **false**, true > + > + Enables the use of 4-way handshake offloading. Some drivers can o= ffload > + the 4-way handshake to firmware which is needed for protocols whi= ch > + act on Authenticate/Associate frames such as Fast Transition. This > + option is turned off by default as it is not widely tested. Well, this isn't really true. Handshake offload is just that, not needing = to = perform it in userspace. You can in theory have a SoftMac driver with hand= shake = offloading capabilities for example. FT is a bit orthogonal and really depends on whether the firmware can roam = by = itself... > + > + Note: There seems to be a bug in the brcmfmac driver/firmware whe= re once > + offloading is enabled (by turning on this option) it cannot be tu= rned > + off in the firmware without a hard reboot (or some means of resta= rting > + the firmware). > + > + > Network > --------- > = > = Regards, -Denis --===============8093567904820930564==--