Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] wifi: mwifiex: add code to support host mlme

Francesco Dolcini
2024-03-18T11:45:05Z

Hello David and Brian,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 02:20:56AM +0000, David Lin wrote:
> > From: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > running appropriate firmware. But I just wonder what the feasibility
> > would be for adding to the shortlist (or providing users/developers
> > the option of doing so) in the future, if people are so inclined.
>
> If firmware reported support of V2 Key API, then host mlme can be
> supported without issues. There is a flag 'host_mlme' in struct
> 'mwifiex_sdio_device' to indicate if host mlme should be supported. If
> this flag is set, driver will still check if firmware can support V2
> Key API. If firmware can't support it, host mlme will be disabled.

Once we are through this patch I plan to test hostmlme on
88W8997-SDIO-UART, that should have the required firmware available.

Francesco