From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D77C433DF for ; Tue, 19 May 2020 17:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7891C20708 for ; Tue, 19 May 2020 17:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=broadcom.com header.i=@broadcom.com header.b="U6DT0qDq" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729230AbgESRA0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2020 13:00:26 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52060 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728689AbgESRA0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2020 13:00:26 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x642.google.com (mail-pl1-x642.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::642]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81DF6C08C5C0 for ; Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x642.google.com with SMTP id d3so155248pln.1 for ; Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=broadcom.com; s=google; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cKdjfyyA7qf8ROemM3hzhUcyRED4GcOBh2US7y+FSXQ=; b=U6DT0qDqJ3/HOnv8xw114x7cQ6rRDgaixhHDsB25ErqpimE0Iic8Fss9sowsNKOWVi XeLkVC79VyLFzjpDBwWRV1QiCHhH8OFfNQE388VXQX2BDQnpGjxdJZORN7EW4I48YW/d ynwiFmDy2m+JuFSVL3IkQgRqS8W5mBbWSbYss= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=cKdjfyyA7qf8ROemM3hzhUcyRED4GcOBh2US7y+FSXQ=; b=VT2LlqA9iTrVS9LoWVu3ujV1pRP86pXpGQ5IDU+aVbhEzYIixK1QY/oLqxq7OKopyN JAgg1g2X8SIZECxZR4/uHWB+N7lObNRbNr5ahNRQ87rP0sA8Kz0/J91MVKZ4uD8fJDV9 RGEwysssXqof2FI3PP9f67ldxth5otu9QRZp+8ww+pHohmsEcT61QtoMuQqdhQoH1+I3 3UMbtHxrMyqrK2qPs1JzdmsIiPcl9k/HdT8VgE0kbnoNdrer0qSPlqxc2tkTvTo/5QAG m/N7MA3T0Vg5uDp4dV48TOnkQ972hcKK2ylspgZZuKwAVDhxuZBVp8smrGZGXpsNm7Df 4zPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532uTJzHTC0aQ7EfyE099D6QMvZUuOgAxzU3PF6cB5SGYT8eoVbj mF9r0DM5bRcKnKLMk98WsbyVuQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxYLrCieQRItnAJxB2V3/FgjpUo0jQclvXEpr82rFmxpVAIYW5KWbpCwM4NmJX01UBULFnV6A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:cd02:: with SMTP id d2mr468495pju.207.1589907625998; Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.230.34.187] ([192.19.248.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 189sm58412pfd.55.2020.05.19.10.00.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] brcmfmac: SoftAP creation and dcmd buffer size changes To: Kalle Valo , Chi-Hsien Lin Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com, brcm80211-dev-list@cypress.com, Franky Lin , Hante Meuleman , Wright Feng References: <20200519110951.88998-1-chi-hsien.lin@cypress.com> <87zha4do7h.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> From: Arend Van Spriel Message-ID: <09bf3506-2d25-d8a8-43eb-59a2e3d9a9ae@broadcom.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 19:00:21 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87zha4do7h.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 5/19/2020 3:54 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Chi-Hsien Lin writes: > >> Allow SoftAP creation via ioctl from test tool; also update dcmd buffer size >> settings for new firmware. Also fix a sparse check error. > > What ioctl is this exactly? Wireless drivers should be using nl80211, > not any ioctl interface. Hi Kalle, The terminology is a bit off. This is vendor specific command interfacing directly with firmware and the content is opaque from driver perspective. However, a number of these commands have their nl80211 equivalent. Especially regarding creation of AP interface I would simply go with creation through nl80211. Regards, Arend