FILS offloading

FILS offloading

[Arend Van Spriel]

Hoi Jouni,

Not sure which email address to use ;-) I noticed a while ago that FILS
offloading was on the agenda of wireless workshop in Santa Fe. Recently,
looked at the FILS patches that were applied upstream and noticed:

static bool nl80211_valid_auth_type(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
				    enum nl80211_auth_type auth_type,
				    enum nl80211_commands cmd)
{
	...
	switch (cmd) {
	...
	case NL80211_CMD_CONNECT:
	case NL80211_CMD_START_AP:
		/* SAE not supported yet */
		if (auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE)
			return false;
		/* FILS not supported yet */
		if (auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FILS_SK ||
		    auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FILS_SK_PFS ||
		    auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FILS_PK)
			return false;
		return true;
	default:
		return false;
	}
}

Are there any plans on QCA side to add FILS support for fullmac devices,
ie. supporting CONNECT command.

Regards,
Arend

Re: FILS offloading

[Malinen, Jouni]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 11:28:48AM +0100, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
> Not sure which email address to use ;-) I noticed a while ago that FILS
> offloading was on the agenda of wireless workshop in Santa Fe. Recently,
> looked at the FILS patches that were applied upstream and noticed:

> static bool nl80211_valid_auth_type(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rd=
ev,

> 	case NL80211_CMD_CONNECT:
> 	case NL80211_CMD_START_AP:
> 		/* FILS not supported yet */
..

> Are there any plans on QCA side to add FILS support for fullmac devices,
> ie. supporting CONNECT command.

We do indeed have a patch going through internal review for this (well,
for the station part NL80211_CMD_CONNECT, not _START_AP). I hope to get
that posted shortly for public review.

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