From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 812A6C49EA5 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CEA1613CC for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232012AbhFXRJw (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:09:52 -0400 Received: from m43-7.mailgun.net ([69.72.43.7]:55015 "EHLO m43-7.mailgun.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232064AbhFXRJs (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:09:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1624554449; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=QbXLgcp1VUHma4NNu0yOih9ynib1oWHVj4X3wpBbCLQ=; b=MQPweehtZ3G6doMXR4cjy0ZdyLfmn6AxPyARA7DUNeutwMW+hAsmvERjUv3ZSsU4b9nOBVHw /z5b0mRJgK4mLYBc2Qlblc4Kzc4eWHVi+NU6NamLLcMHBqNWt3oHNS0cTt52AUGd4Amds3fr QSTZKxvVS0X3b7aQd3R8DMpEtIQ= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 69.72.43.7 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n05.prod.us-west-2.postgun.com with SMTP id 60d4bbbf3a8b6d0a45378f30 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:07:11 GMT Sender: kvalo=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2C7D8C4338A; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:07:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tykki (tynnyri.adurom.net [51.15.11.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98EBFC433F1; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:07:09 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 98EBFC433F1 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org From: Kalle Valo To: Emmanuel Grumbach Cc: luciano.coelho@intel.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Ayala Beker Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] nl80211: vendor-cmd: add Intel vendor commands for iwlmei usage References: <20210623141033.27475-1-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> <20210623141033.27475-3-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:07:06 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20210623141033.27475-3-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> (Emmanuel Grumbach's message of "Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:10:32 +0300") Message-ID: <87k0mji43p.fsf@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Emmanuel Grumbach writes: > iwlmei allows to integrate with the CSME firmware. There are > flows that are prioprietary for this purpose: > > * Get the information the AP, the CSME firmware is connected > to. This is useful when we need to speed up the connection > process in case the CSME firmware has an TCP connection > that must be kept alive across the ownership transition. > * Forbid roaming, which will happen when the CSME firmware > wants to tell the user space not disrupt the connection. > * Request ownership, upon driver boot when the CSME firmware > owns the device. Vendor command requirements are documented here: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/nl80211#vendor-specific_api The commit log is not really answering to those. For example, how a user would use this? Or is there a user space tool? -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches