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Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] nl80211: vendor-cmd: add Intel vendor commands for iwlmei usage

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: 2021-06-24 12:45:43

On Wed, 2021-06-23 at 17:10 +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
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.

Co-Developed-by: Ayala Beker <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <redacted>
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 include/uapi/linux/nl80211-vnd-intel.h | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This was supposed to be submitted separately [1] so people see it more
easily, so *bump* - everyone take a look please.

johannes

[1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/nl80211#vendor-specific_api

   Patches introducing such commands shall be submitted separately, not
   “buried” in big driver patchsets. Give them a “nl80211: vendor-cmd: ”
   prefix to make them easily identifiable.

Though I guess we can debate if this is a "big" patchset :)
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