[PATCH] nl80211 connect API support

[Jouni Malinen]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 05:29:37PM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:

> The connect API wraps auth/assoc commands in cfg80211 SME. For example,
> when cfg80211 receives NL80211_CMD_CONNECT (cfg80211_connect), it checks
> if connect API is supported or not. If it is not supported (for all
> mac80211 based drivers), it uses the common cfg80211_conn_do_work() to
> do auth/assoc the same way as it handles NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE. So
> from user space point of view, if connect API is supported, it can use
> it directly and let cfg80211 to maintain the state of auth and assoc.

It is not about whether it would be possible to use connect or not; it
is about whether the additional features provided by separate auth/assoc
commands are of use--and they are. wpa_supplicant will provide more
functionality, e.g., FT, when using these commands. Any change to add
support for the new NL80211_CMD_CONNECT must not break this existing
mechanism; it is only to add support for drivers that cannot support the
auth/assoc interface that provides more control to user space.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA