Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: wilc1000: remove AKM suite be32 conversion for external auth request

[Kalle Valo]

Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The driver currently raises the following sparse warning:
> [...] cfg80211.c:360:42: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different
> base types)
> [...] cfg80211.c:360:42:    expected unsigned int key_mgmt_suite
> [...] cfg80211.c:360:42:    got restricted __be32 [usertype]
>   CHECK   drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
> 
> This conversion was needed because historically the external supplicant
> (observed with wpa_supplicant) expects AKM suite as big endian in
> NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH message when the AKM suite is WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE.
> This is not needed anymore:
> - new (to be released) versions of wpa_supplicant now reads it in host
>   endian _while_ keeping compatibility for older drivers
> - for new drivers used with current/old wpa_supplicant, this conversion has
>   been added to nl80211 to force big endian when the AKM suite is
>   WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE
> 
> Remove this not-needed-anymore conversion to fix the sparse warning.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202308290615.lUTIgqUl-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Tested-on: WILC1000 hwB SPI WILC_WIFI_FW_REL_16_1-13452
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

00413dd36414 wifi: wilc1000: remove AKM suite be32 conversion for external auth request

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