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wifi: mac80211: Advertise IEEE 802.1X authentication support
authorKavita Kavita <kavita.kavita@oss.qualcomm.com>
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:55:53 +0000 (00:25 +0530)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Mon, 2 Mar 2026 08:53:23 +0000 (09:53 +0100)
commitbed80a08ff5e357ea722db10e2b552acf1ff7482
treea069d378aed4bc4a463c62059d58635b20b7d94c
parent9347878b1513beee1a26bb249f5dc8326d450f75
wifi: mac80211: Advertise IEEE 802.1X authentication support

Advertise support for IEEE 802.1X authentication protocol directly from
mac80211, without depending on driver indication of (Re)Association
frame encryption capability.

As specified in "IEEE P802.11bi/D4.0, clauses 12.16.5 and 12.16.8.2",
IEEE 802.1X authentication can operate with or without (Re)Association
frame encryption support. Therefore, mac80211 can safely advertise
802.1X support independently of driver capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Kavita Kavita <kavita.kavita@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226185553.1516290-6-kavita.kavita@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/mac80211/main.c