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

Johannes Berg
2024-03-25T15:58:41Z

On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 14:50 -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
>
> AFAICT, mwifiex firmware still isn't allowing "parsing and generation of
> 802.11 wireless frames" in any general form -- everything I see is still
> wrapped in custom firmware command protocols. I do see that the AUTH
> frame looks like it's essentially duplicating the standard mgmt format,
> and uses the driver's TX path for it, but there isn't a corresponding
> ASSOC management frame that I can see...

Fair point, I didn't really look beyond "auth creates auth frames and
sends them normally like any other frame" ...

> ...so I really can't tell how much control this firmware *does* give the
> host regarding arbitrary 802.11 frame management.

Perhaps indeed FW does require the assoc to be done with that command.

> But that's pretty much business as usual for anybody but the vendor in
> priorietary firmware land; I can't answer pretty much any question,
> other than what I can glean from a driver.

:)

johannes