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The original\n message has been attached to this so you can view it or label\n similar future email. If you have any questions, see\n the administrator of that system for details.\n Content preview: wpa_supplicant already had PASN authentication support for\n Proximity Ranging (PR). This series adds the missing nl80211 driver\n support\n and ranging to complete the PD (Proximity Detection) flow. It introduces\n a dedicated PD virtual interface (NL80211_IFTYPE_PD) with its own MAC\n address,\n updates nl80211_copy.h with the proposed kernel API additions for PD,\n improves\n driver capability parsing wi [...]\n Content analysis details: (0.2 points, 5.0 required)\n pts rule name description\n ---- ----------------------\n --------------------------------------------------\n -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, low\n trust\n [205.220.180.131 listed in list.dnswl.org]\n 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record\n -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record\n 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature,\n not necessarily valid\n -0.1 DKIM_VALID_EF Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from\n envelope-from domain\n -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from\n author's\n domain\n -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK\n signature\n -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1%\n [score: 0.0000]\n 1.0 RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED RBL: ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to\n Validity was blocked. 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See\n https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243\n for more information.\n [205.220.180.131 listed in\n bl.score.senderscore.com]", "X-BeenThere": "hostap@lists.infradead.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.34", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "<hostap.lists.infradead.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/options/hostap>,\n <mailto:hostap-request@lists.infradead.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:hostap@lists.infradead.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:hostap-request@lists.infradead.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap>,\n <mailto:hostap-request@lists.infradead.org?subject=subscribe>", "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit", "Sender": "\"Hostap\" <hostap-bounces@lists.infradead.org>", "Errors-To": "hostap-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@lists.infradead.org" }, "content": "wpa_supplicant already had PASN authentication support for\nProximity Ranging (PR). This series adds the missing nl80211\ndriver support and ranging to complete the PD (Proximity\nDetection) flow.\n\nIt introduces a dedicated PD virtual interface (NL80211_IFTYPE_PD)\nwith its own MAC address, updates nl80211_copy.h with the\nproposed kernel API additions for PD, improves driver capability\nparsing with dedicated PR-specific flags, extends the set_key\npath to carry LTF key seeds for secure ranging, and wires up\npeer measurement start and result handling through the nl80211\ndriver. The existing PR_PASN_START control interface command is\nextended with the full set of EDCA, NTB, and proximity threshold\nparameters and rerouted through wpas_pr_pasn_trigger() to drive\nthe complete PASN-then-ranging flow in a single step.\n\nThe proposed wireless-next changes that are used here are:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20260320175938.2547288-1-peddolla.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com/\n\nPeddolla Harshavardhan Reddy (18):\n nl80211_copy.h changes related to Proximity Ranging\n ctrl_iface: Add forced_addr parameter to NAN_PUBLISH and NAN_SUBSCRIBE\n nl80211: Add MAC address filter support for remain-on-channel\n nl80211: Parse Peer Measurement (PMSR) capabilities\n PR: Use a dedicated flag for EDCA-based ranging responder support\n nl80211: Add dedicated flag for PR 6GHz capability\n PR: Replace format_and_bw attribute with preamble/BW bitmaps\n PR: Add nl80211 driver support for PD interface\n PR: Extend PR_PASN_START ctrl iface with src_addr and role\n PR: Use set_key to configure secure ranging context for PASN\n nl80211: Support key operations on wdev-only interfaces\n PR: Add dedicated interface for PASN with custom MAC address\n PR: Add interface to trigger PASN authentication for ranging\n PR: Add extended ranging parameters to PASN peer structure\n nl80211: Add peer measurement support for proximity ranging\n PR: Extend PR_PASN_START ctrl iface with full ranging parameters\n wpa_supplicant: Implement FTM peer measurement result handling\n provisioning-ranging: Add dedicated ranging socket and timeout\n handling\n\nVeerendranath Jakkam (5):\n nl80211: Add Proximity Detection (PD) wdev support\n nl80211: Route set_key operations to PD wdev based on own_addr\n nl80211: Route MLME TX via PD wdev based on source address\n nl80211: Factor out global event BSS lookup and prefer PD BSS by wdev\n nl80211: Add dedicated ranging handle for peer measurements\n\n src/common/proximity_ranging.c | 3 +\n src/common/proximity_ranging.h | 130 +++\n src/common/wpa_ctrl.h | 6 +\n src/drivers/driver.h | 239 +++++-\n src/drivers/driver_common.c | 1 +\n src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 676 +++++++++++++++-\n src/drivers/driver_nl80211.h | 35 +\n src/drivers/driver_nl80211_capa.c | 150 ++++\n src/drivers/driver_nl80211_event.c | 347 +++++++-\n src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h | 205 ++++-\n wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c | 111 ++-\n wpa_supplicant/dpp_supplicant.c | 2 +-\n wpa_supplicant/driver_i.h | 66 +-\n wpa_supplicant/events.c | 11 +\n wpa_supplicant/nan_supplicant.c | 2 +-\n wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c | 4 +-\n wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c | 2 +-\n wpa_supplicant/pr_supplicant.c | 1214 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---\n wpa_supplicant/pr_supplicant.h | 34 +-\n wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c | 6 +-\n wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h | 24 +\n 21 files changed, 3056 insertions(+), 212 deletions(-)\n\n\nbase-commit: adf027d6b85f9d4548b3291136c830251f48afd6" }