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>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 246256279249c554f235b4408786fc0adb7da234..b0451f1c8e79e94e146a55cef590c06f8ef7fc15 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(size_t priv_data_len,
 
        wiphy_ext_feature_set(wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_TXQS);
        wiphy_ext_feature_set(wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RRM);
+       wiphy_ext_feature_set(wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_IEEE8021X_AUTH);
 
        wiphy->bss_priv_size = sizeof(struct ieee80211_bss);