[PATCH] nl80211: use the new NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL option

[Otcheretianski, Andrei]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hostap [mailto:hostap-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Andrei
> Otcheretianski
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 16:22
> To: hostap at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Grumbach, Emmanuel <emmanuel.grumbach at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] nl80211: use the new NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL option
> 
> From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach at intel.com>
> 
> Now we can configure the network block so that it allows MFP for the
> NL80211_CMD_CONNECT command. If the kernel finds an AP that requires MFP,
> it'll be able to connect to it.
> Note that since NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL isn't supported for
> NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE, we need to take the MFP configuration outside
> nl80211_connect_common.
> In addition, check that NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL is supported, to
> be backward compatible with older kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach at intel.com>

Hi,

Please note that this patch is supposed to go on top of "4-way handshake offload support" series, or at least it requires to sync the nl80211_copy.h.
Andrei