[PATCH] Include BSS max idle timeout in association request

[Jouni Malinen]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 01:12:11AM +0530, Chaitanya Tata wrote:
> If WNM is enabled, then the station can send it preferred max IDLE timeout
> in the association request that may or may not be honored by the AP, the
> value sent in association response is the final to be used by the
> station which is already supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Tata <Chaitanya.Tata at nordicsemi.no>
> ---
> Depends on kernel patch: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230719194039.16179-1-Chaitanya.Tata@nordicsemi.no/

That kernel patch was not applied, so I have to drop this hostap.git
patch as well. That said, I don't see why this would need any kernel
changes anyway since wpa_supplicant can already add information elements
into (Re)Association Request frames and parse them from (Re)Association
Response frames. In other words, the BSS Max Idle Period element can be
added and processed with the existing kernel interface.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA