diff --git a/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/os_if_spectral_netlink.h b/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/os_if_spectral_netlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95db6e2803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/os_if_spectral_netlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
+ * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
+ * above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
+ * copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
+ * WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
+ * PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+ * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
+ * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _OS_IF_SPECTRAL_NETLINK_H
+#define _OS_IF_SPECTRAL_NETLINK_H
+
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <wlan_objmgr_pdev_obj.h>
+
+/* NETLINK related declarations */
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+void os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len);
+#else
+void os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sk_buff *skb);
+#endif /* VERSION CHECK */
+
+#ifndef NETLINK_ATHEROS
+#define NETLINK_ATHEROS              (NETLINK_GENERIC + 1)
+#endif
+#define MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD         1500
+
+/* Init's network namespace */
+extern struct net init_net;
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_netlink_init() - Initialize Spectral Netlink data structures
+ * and register the NL handlers with Spectral target_if
+ * @pdev: Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Sending Netlink messages to application layer and de-initialization of
+ * netlink related data structures are defined in os_if layer,
+ * they need to be registered with Spectral target_if
+ *
+ * Return: None
+ */
+void os_if_spectral_netlink_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+
+#endif /* _OS_IF_SPECTRAL_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/os_if/linux/spectral/src/os_if_spectral_netlink.c b/os_if/linux/spectral/src/os_if_spectral_netlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca1f73cbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os_if/linux/spectral/src/os_if_spectral_netlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
+ * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
+ * above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
+ * copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
+ * WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
+ * PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+ * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
+ * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <os_if_spectral_netlink.h>
+#include <spectral_cmn_api_i.h>
+#include <spectral_defs_i.h>
+
+struct sock *os_if_spectral_nl_sock;
+static atomic_t spectral_nl_users = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+void
+os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len)
+{
+	spectral_debug("%d", __LINE__);
+}
+
+#else
+void
+os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	spectral_debug("%d", __LINE__);
+}
+#endif				/* VERSION */
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg() - Initialize netlink kernel
+ * configuration parameters
+ * @cfg : Pointer to netlink_kernel_cfg
+ *
+ * Initialize netlink kernel configuration parameters required
+ * for spectral module
+ *
+ * Return: None
+ */
+#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+static void
+os_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	cfg->groups = 1;
+	cfg->input = os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready;
+}
+#else
+static void
+os_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock() - Create Netlink socket
+ * @cfg : Pointer to netlink_kernel_cfg
+ *
+ * Create Netlink socket required for spectral module
+ *
+ * Return: None
+ */
+#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 7, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+static void
+os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	os_if_spectral_nl_sock =
+	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
+						 NETLINK_ATHEROS, cfg);
+}
+#elif KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+static void
+os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	os_if_spectral_nl_sock =
+	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
+						 NETLINK_ATHEROS,
+						 THIS_MODULE, cfg);
+}
+#elif (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+static void
+os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	os_if_spectral_nl_sock =
+	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(
+		NETLINK_ATHEROS, 1,
+		&os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready,
+		THIS_MODULE);
+}
+#else
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(3, 10, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+static void
+os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	memset(cfg, 0, sizeof(*cfg));
+	cfg->groups = 1;
+	cfg->input = &os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready;
+	os_if_spectral_nl_sock =
+	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
+						 NETLINK_ATHEROS, cfg);
+}
+#else
+static void
+os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	os_if_spectral_nl_sock =
+	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(
+		&init_net,
+		NETLINK_ATHEROS, 1,
+		&os_if_spectral_nl_data_ready,
+		NULL, THIS_MODULE);
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_init_nl() - Initialize netlink data structures for
+ * spectral module
+ * @pdev : Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success else failure
+ */
+static int
+os_if_spectral_init_nl(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps = NULL;
+	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg;
+
+	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	ps = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_comp_private_obj(pdev,
+						   WLAN_UMAC_COMP_SPECTRAL);
+
+	if (!ps) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV SPECTRAL object is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	os_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(&cfg);
+
+	if (!os_if_spectral_nl_sock) {
+		os_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(&cfg);
+
+		if (!os_if_spectral_nl_sock) {
+			spectral_err("NETLINK_KERNEL_CREATE FAILED");
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+	}
+	ps->spectral_sock = os_if_spectral_nl_sock;
+
+	if (!ps->spectral_sock) {
+		spectral_err("ps->spectral_sock is NULL");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	atomic_inc(&spectral_nl_users);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_destroy_netlink() - De-initialize netlink data structures for
+ * spectral module
+ * @pdev : Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Return: Success/Failure
+ */
+static int
+os_if_spectral_destroy_netlink(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps = NULL;
+
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	ps = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_comp_private_obj(pdev,
+						   WLAN_UMAC_COMP_SPECTRAL);
+
+	if (!ps) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV SPECTRAL object is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	ps->spectral_sock = NULL;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&spectral_nl_users)) {
+		sock_release(os_if_spectral_nl_sock->sk_socket);
+		os_if_spectral_nl_sock = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_prep_skb() - Prepare socket buffer
+ * @pdev : Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Prepare socket buffer to send the data to application layer
+ *
+ * Return: NLMSG_DATA of the created skb or NULL if no memory
+ */
+void *
+os_if_spectral_prep_skb(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps = NULL;
+	struct nlmsghdr *spectral_nlh = NULL;
+
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	ps = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_comp_private_obj(pdev,
+						   WLAN_UMAC_COMP_SPECTRAL);
+
+	if (!ps) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV SPECTRAL object is NULL!");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	ps->skb = dev_alloc_skb(MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD);
+
+	if (!ps->skb) {
+		spectral_err("allocate skb (len=%u) failed",
+			     MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	skb_put(ps->skb, MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD);
+	spectral_nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)ps->skb->data;
+
+	OS_MEMZERO(spectral_nlh,
+		   sizeof(*spectral_nlh));
+
+	/*
+	 * Possible bug that size of  struct spectral_samp_msg and
+	 * SPECTRAL_MSG differ by 3 bytes  so we miss 3 bytes
+	 */
+
+	spectral_nlh->nlmsg_len =
+	    NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
+	spectral_nlh->nlmsg_pid = 0;
+	spectral_nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+
+	return NLMSG_DATA(spectral_nlh);
+}
+
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+static inline void
+os_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(
+	struct sk_buff *skb,
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps)
+{
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid =
+	    ps->spectral_pid;
+}
+#else
+static inline void
+os_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(
+	struct sk_buff *skb,
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps)
+{
+}
+#endif			/* VERSION - field deprecated by newer kernels */
+
+#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 7, 0) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+static inline void
+os_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).pid = 0;  /* from kernel */
+}
+#else
+static inline void
+os_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;  /* from kernel */
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_nl_unicast_msg() - Sends unicast Spectral message to user
+ * space
+ * @pdev : Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ */
+static int
+os_if_spectral_nl_unicast_msg(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps = NULL;
+	int status;
+
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ps = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_comp_private_obj(pdev,
+						   WLAN_UMAC_COMP_SPECTRAL);
+	if (!ps) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV SPECTRAL object is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ps->skb) {
+		spectral_err("Socket buffer is null");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ps->spectral_sock) {
+		spectral_err("Spectral Socket is invalid");
+		dev_kfree_skb(ps->skb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	os_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(ps->skb, ps);
+
+	os_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(ps->skb);
+
+	/* to mcast group 1<<0 */
+	NETLINK_CB(ps->skb).dst_group = 0;
+
+	status = netlink_unicast(ps->spectral_sock,
+				 ps->skb,
+				 ps->spectral_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+/**
+ * os_if_spectral_nl_bcast_msg() - Sends broadcast Spectral message to user
+ * space
+ * @pdev : Pointer to pdev
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ */
+static int
+os_if_spectral_nl_bcast_msg(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) >= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+	fd_set write_set;
+#endif
+	int status;
+	struct pdev_spectral *ps = NULL;
+
+#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) >= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
+	FD_ZERO(&write_set);
+#endif
+
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	ps = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_comp_private_obj(pdev,
+						   WLAN_UMAC_COMP_SPECTRAL);
+
+	if (!ps) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV SPECTRAL object is NULL!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ps->skb) {
+		spectral_err("Socket buffer is null");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ps->spectral_sock) {
+		dev_kfree_skb(ps->skb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	status = netlink_broadcast(ps->spectral_sock,
+				   ps->skb,
+				   0, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+void
+os_if_spectral_netlink_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct spectral_nl_cb nl_cb = {0};
+	struct spectral_context *sptrl_ctx;
+
+	if (!pdev) {
+		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sptrl_ctx = spectral_get_spectral_ctx_from_pdev(pdev);
+
+	if (!sptrl_ctx) {
+		spectral_err("Spectral context is NULL!");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	os_if_spectral_init_nl(pdev);
+
+	/* Register Netlink handlers */
+	nl_cb.get_nbuff = os_if_spectral_prep_skb;
+	nl_cb.send_nl_bcast = os_if_spectral_nl_bcast_msg;
+	nl_cb.send_nl_unicast = os_if_spectral_nl_unicast_msg;
+	nl_cb.destroy_netlink = os_if_spectral_destroy_netlink;
+
+	if (sptrl_ctx->sptrlc_register_netlink_cb)
+		sptrl_ctx->sptrlc_register_netlink_cb(pdev, &nl_cb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(os_if_spectral_netlink_init);
diff --git a/spectral/Kbuild b/spectral/Kbuild
index 4fbd8d42a5..ce58416d26 100644
--- a/spectral/Kbuild
+++ b/spectral/Kbuild
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/umac/son/dispatcher/inc
 INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/umac/dfs/dispatcher/inc
 INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/os_if/linux/spectral/inc
 INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/os_if/linux/scan/inc
+INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/spectral/core
 
 ifeq ($(WLAN_CONV_CRYPTO_SUPPORTED), 1)
 INCS += -I$(obj)/$(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/umac/cmn_services/crypto/inc
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ SPECTRAL_CMN_OBJS +=  core/spectral_direct_attach.o \
                       dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_ucfg_api.o \
                       dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.o \
                       core/spectral_module.o \
-                      $(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.o
+                      $(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.o \
+                      $(DEPTH)/cmn_dev/os_if/linux/spectral/src/os_if_spectral_netlink.o
 
 qca_spectral-objs +=  ${SPECTRAL_CMN_OBJS} \
                       ${SPECTRAL_TIF_OBJS} \
diff --git a/spectral/core/spectral_defs_i.h b/spectral/core/spectral_defs_i.h
index 54b5190343..510f50221e 100644
--- a/spectral/core/spectral_defs_i.h
+++ b/spectral/core/spectral_defs_i.h
@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ QDF_PRINT_INFO(QDF_PRINT_IDX_SHARED, QDF_MODULE_ID_SPECTRAL, level, ## args)
 /**
  * struct pdev_spectral - Radio specific spectral object
  * @psptrl_pdev:          Back-pointer to struct wlan_objmgr_pdev
- * @psptrl_nl_sock:       Spectral Netlink socket for sending samples to
+ * @spectral_sock:        Spectral Netlink socket for sending samples to
  *                        applications
  * @psptrl_target_handle: reference to spectral lmac object
+ * @skb:                  Socket buffer for sending samples to applications
+ * @spectral_pid :        Spectral port ID
  */
 struct pdev_spectral {
 	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *psptrl_pdev;
-	struct sock *psptrl_nl_sock;
+	struct sock *spectral_sock;
 	void *psptrl_target_handle;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	uint32_t spectral_pid;
 };
 
 struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
  * @sptrlc_get_spectral_capinfo:   Get spectral capability info
  * @sptrlc_get_spectral_diagstats: Get spectral diag status
  * @sptrlc_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops: Register wmi_spectral_cmd operations
+ * @sptrlc_register_netlink_cb: Register Netlink callbacks
+ * @sptrlc_use_nl_bcast: Check whether to use Netlink broadcast/unicast
  */
 struct spectral_context {
 	struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc_obj;
@@ -118,6 +124,10 @@ struct spectral_context {
 	void (*sptrlc_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops)(
 			struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 			struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops *cmd_ops);
+	void (*sptrlc_register_netlink_cb)(
+		struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+		struct spectral_nl_cb *nl_cb);
+	bool (*sptrlc_use_nl_bcast)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 };
 
 #endif				/* _SPECTRAL_DEFS_I_H_ */
diff --git a/spectral/core/spectral_direct_attach.c b/spectral/core/spectral_direct_attach.c
index ae011aa284..c532503c65 100644
--- a/spectral/core/spectral_direct_attach.c
+++ b/spectral/core/spectral_direct_attach.c
@@ -42,4 +42,6 @@ spectral_ctx_init_da(struct spectral_context *sc)
 	sc->sptrlc_get_spectral_diagstats = tgt_get_spectral_diagstats;
 	sc->sptrlc_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops =
 	    tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
+	sc->sptrlc_register_netlink_cb = tgt_spectral_register_nl_cb;
+	sc->sptrlc_use_nl_bcast = tgt_spectral_use_nl_bcast;
 }
diff --git a/spectral/core/spectral_offload.c b/spectral/core/spectral_offload.c
index b4b6068989..dd09c78bfb 100644
--- a/spectral/core/spectral_offload.c
+++ b/spectral/core/spectral_offload.c
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ spectral_ctx_init_ol(struct spectral_context *sc)
 	sc->sptrlc_get_spectral_diagstats = tgt_get_spectral_diagstats;
 	sc->sptrlc_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops =
 	    tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
+	sc->sptrlc_register_netlink_cb = tgt_spectral_register_nl_cb;
+	sc->sptrlc_use_nl_bcast = tgt_spectral_use_nl_bcast;
 }
diff --git a/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_public_structs.h b/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_public_structs.h
index 5c7106baee..f65611a13d 100644
--- a/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_public_structs.h
+++ b/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_public_structs.h
@@ -502,6 +502,22 @@ struct spectral_samp_msg {
 	struct spectral_samp_data samp_data;
 } __ATTRIB_PACKED;
 
+/* Forward declarations */
+struct wlan_objmgr_pdev;
+
+/**
+ * struct spectral_nl_cb - Spectral Netlink callbacks
+ * @get_nbuff:      Get the socket buffer to send the data to the application
+ * @send_nl_bcast:  Send data to the application using netlink broadcast
+ * @send_nl_unicast:  Send data to the application using netlink unicast
+ * @destroy_netlink:    De-initialize Netlink data structures
+ */
+struct spectral_nl_cb {
+	void *(*get_nbuff)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+	int (*send_nl_bcast)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+	int (*send_nl_unicast)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+	int (*destroy_netlink)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+};
 #ifdef WIN32
 #pragma pack(pop, spectral)
 #endif
diff --git a/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.h b/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.h
index 5221d8a00d..f3f574f725 100644
--- a/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.h
+++ b/spectral/dispatcher/inc/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.h
@@ -24,19 +24,6 @@
 #include <qdf_types.h>
 #include "../../core/spectral_cmn_api_i.h"
 
-/**
- * tgt_send_phydata() - Send Spectral PHY data
- * @pdev: Pointer to pdev
- * @sock: Netlink socket to use
- * @nbuf: Network buffer containing PHY data to send
- *
- * Send spectral PHY data over netlink
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative value on failure
- */
-int tgt_send_phydata(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-		     struct sock *sock, qdf_nbuf_t nbuf);
-
 /**
  * tgt_get_target_handle() - Get target_if handle
  * @pdev: Pointer to pdev
@@ -62,12 +49,9 @@ void *tgt_get_target_handle(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: 0 success else failure
  */
-int
-tgt_spectral_control(
-	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-	u_int id,
-	void *indata,
-	u_int32_t insize, void *outdata, u_int32_t *outsize);
+int tgt_spectral_control(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+			 u_int id, void *indata, u_int32_t insize,
+			 void *outdata, u_int32_t *outsize);
 
 /**
  * tgt_pdev_spectral_init() - implementation for spectral init
@@ -76,8 +60,7 @@ tgt_spectral_control(
  * Return: On success, pointer to Spectral target_if internal private data, on
  * failure, NULL
  */
-void *
-tgt_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+void *tgt_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_pdev_spectral_deinit() - implementation for spectral de-init
@@ -85,8 +68,7 @@ tgt_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: None
  */
-void
-tgt_pdev_spectral_deinit(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+void tgt_pdev_spectral_deinit(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_set_spectral_config() - Set spectral config
@@ -98,10 +80,9 @@ tgt_pdev_spectral_deinit(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: 0 on success else failure
  */
-int
-tgt_set_spectral_config(
-	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-	const u_int32_t threshtype, const u_int32_t value);
+int tgt_set_spectral_config(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+			    const u_int32_t threshtype,
+			    const u_int32_t value);
 
 /**
  * tgt_get_spectral_config() - Get spectral configuration
@@ -113,10 +94,8 @@ tgt_set_spectral_config(
  *
  * Return: None
  */
-void
-tgt_get_spectral_config(
-	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-	struct spectral_config *sptrl_config);
+void tgt_get_spectral_config(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+			     struct spectral_config *sptrl_config);
 
 /**
  * tgt_start_spectral_scan() - Start spectral scan
@@ -126,8 +105,7 @@ tgt_get_spectral_config(
  *
  * Return: 0 in case of success, -1 on failure
  */
-int
-tgt_start_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+int tgt_start_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_stop_spectral_scan() - Stop spectral scan
@@ -137,8 +115,7 @@ tgt_start_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: None
  */
-void
-tgt_stop_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+void tgt_stop_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_is_spectral_active() - Get whether Spectral is active
@@ -148,8 +125,7 @@ tgt_stop_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: True if Spectral is active, false if Spectral is not active
  */
-bool
-tgt_is_spectral_active(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+bool tgt_is_spectral_active(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_is_spectral_enabled() - Get whether Spectral is active
@@ -159,8 +135,7 @@ tgt_is_spectral_active(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: True if Spectral is active, false if Spectral is not active
  */
-bool
-tgt_is_spectral_enabled(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+bool tgt_is_spectral_enabled(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_set_debug_level() - Set debug level for Spectral
@@ -171,8 +146,7 @@ tgt_is_spectral_enabled(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: 0 in case of success
  */
-int
-tgt_set_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, u_int32_t debug_level);
+int tgt_set_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, u_int32_t debug_level);
 
 /**
  * tgt_get_debug_level() - Get debug level for Spectral
@@ -182,8 +156,7 @@ tgt_set_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, u_int32_t debug_level);
  *
  * Return: Current debug level
  */
-u_int32_t
-tgt_get_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
+uint32_t tgt_get_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 
 /**
  * tgt_get_spectral_capinfo() - Get Spectral capability information
@@ -194,8 +167,7 @@ tgt_get_debug_level(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
  *
  * Return: void
  */
-void
-tgt_get_spectral_capinfo(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
+void tgt_get_spectral_capinfo(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
 
 /**
  * tgt_get_spectral_diagstats() - Get Spectral diagnostic statistics
@@ -206,8 +178,7 @@ tgt_get_spectral_capinfo(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
  *
  * Return: void
  */
-void
-tgt_get_spectral_diagstats(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
+void tgt_get_spectral_diagstats(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
 
 /**
  * tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops() - Register wmi_spectral_cmd_ops
@@ -219,8 +190,25 @@ tgt_get_spectral_diagstats(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev, void *outdata);
  *
  * Return: void
  */
-void
-tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(
-	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-	struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops *cmd_ops);
+void tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+				       struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops *cmd_ops);
+
+/**
+ * tgt_spectral_register_nl_cb() - Register Netlink callbacks
+ * @pdev: Pointer to pdev object
+ * @nl_cb: Netlink callbacks to register
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ */
+void tgt_spectral_register_nl_cb(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+				 struct spectral_nl_cb *nl_cb);
+
+/**
+ * tgt_spectral_use_nl_bcast() - Get whether to use broadcast/unicast while
+ * sending Netlink messages to the application layer
+ * @pdev: Pointer to pdev object
+ *
+ * Return: true for broadcast, false for unicast
+ */
+bool tgt_spectral_use_nl_bcast(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 #endif /* _WLAN_SPECTRAL_TGT_API_H_ */
diff --git a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.c b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.c
index 0952bc8851..63b666b194 100644
--- a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.c
+++ b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_tgt_api.c
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <wlan_spectral_tgt_api.h>
 
-int
-tgt_send_phydata(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-		 struct sock *sock, qdf_nbuf_t nbuf)
-{
-	return netlink_broadcast(sock, nbuf, 0, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
-}
-
 void *
 tgt_get_target_handle(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
 {
@@ -203,3 +196,32 @@ tgt_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(
 	return psptrl_tx_ops->sptrlto_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(pdev,
 								    cmd_ops);
 }
+
+void
+tgt_spectral_register_nl_cb(
+	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+	struct spectral_nl_cb *nl_cb)
+{
+	struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc = NULL;
+	struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_tx_ops *psptrl_tx_ops = NULL;
+
+	psoc = wlan_pdev_get_psoc(pdev);
+
+	psptrl_tx_ops = &psoc->soc_cb.tx_ops.sptrl_tx_ops;
+
+	return psptrl_tx_ops->sptrlto_register_netlink_cb(pdev,
+							  nl_cb);
+}
+
+bool
+tgt_spectral_use_nl_bcast(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc = NULL;
+	struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_tx_ops *psptrl_tx_ops = NULL;
+
+	psoc = wlan_pdev_get_psoc(pdev);
+
+	psptrl_tx_ops = &psoc->soc_cb.tx_ops.sptrl_tx_ops;
+
+	return psptrl_tx_ops->sptrlto_use_nl_bcast(pdev);
+}
diff --git a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
index 9ae3be9268..37234f112c 100644
--- a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
+++ b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_register_rx_ops(struct wlan_lmac_if_rx_ops *rx_ops)
 	struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_rx_ops *sptrl_rx_ops = &rx_ops->sptrl_rx_ops;
 
 	/* Spectral rx ops */
-	sptrl_rx_ops->sptrlro_send_phydata = tgt_send_phydata;
 	sptrl_rx_ops->sptrlro_get_target_handle = tgt_get_target_handle;
 	sptrl_rx_ops->sptrlro_vdev_get_chan_freq = spectral_vdev_get_chan_freq;
 	sptrl_rx_ops->sptrlro_vdev_get_ch_width = spectral_vdev_get_ch_width;
diff --git a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.c b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.c
index ebd1224dbb..663953e1e6 100644
--- a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.c
+++ b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.c
@@ -1839,9 +1839,7 @@ target_if_spectral_detach(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
 
 	target_if_spectral_detach_simulation(spectral);
 
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-	target_if_spectral_destroy_netlink(spectral);
-#endif
+	spectral->nl_cb.destroy_netlink(spectral->pdev_obj);
 
 	qdf_spinlock_destroy(&spectral->spectral_lock);
 	qdf_spinlock_destroy(&spectral->noise_pwr_reports_lock);
@@ -1945,11 +1943,11 @@ target_if_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
 	if (p_sops->get_capability(spectral, SPECTRAL_CAP_PHYDIAG))
 		spectral_info("HAL_CAP_PHYDIAG : Capable");
 
-	SPECTRAL_TODO("Need to fix the capablity check for RADAR");
+	/* TODO: Need to fix the capablity check for RADAR */
 	if (p_sops->get_capability(spectral, SPECTRAL_CAP_RADAR))
 		spectral_info("HAL_CAP_RADAR   : Capable");
 
-	SPECTRAL_TODO("Need to fix the capablity check for SPECTRAL\n");
+	/* TODO : Need to fix the capablity check for SPECTRAL */
 	/* TODO : Should this be called here of after ath_attach ? */
 	if (p_sops->get_capability(spectral, SPECTRAL_CAP_SPECTRAL_SCAN))
 		spectral_info("HAL_CAP_SPECTRAL_SCAN : Capable");
@@ -1958,13 +1956,6 @@ target_if_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
 	qdf_spinlock_create(&spectral->noise_pwr_reports_lock);
 	target_if_spectral_clear_stats(spectral);
 
-	qdf_spinlock_create(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-	STAILQ_INIT(&spectral->spectral_skbq);
-
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-	target_if_spectral_init_netlink(spectral);
-#endif
-
 	/* Set the default values for spectral parameters */
 	target_if_spectral_init_param_defaults(spectral);
 #ifdef CONFIG_WIN
@@ -2029,10 +2020,12 @@ target_if_pdev_spectral_init(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
 		if (target_type == TARGET_TYPE_QCA9984 ||
 		    target_type == TARGET_TYPE_QCA9888)
 			spectral->is_sec80_rssi_war_required = true;
+		spectral->use_nl_bcast = true;
 #else
 		spectral->is_160_format = true;
 		spectral->is_lb_edge_extrabins_format = true;
 		spectral->is_rb_edge_extrabins_format = true;
+		spectral->use_nl_bcast = false;
 #endif
 	}
 
@@ -2607,7 +2600,7 @@ target_if_stop_spectral_scan(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
 	qdf_spin_lock(&spectral->spectral_lock);
 	p_sops->stop_spectral_scan(spectral);
 	if (spectral->classify_scan) {
-		SPECTRAL_TODO("Check if this logic is necessary");
+		/* TODO : Check if this logic is necessary */
 		spectral->detects_control_channel = 0;
 		spectral->detects_extension_channel = 0;
 		spectral->detects_above_dc = 0;
@@ -2757,6 +2750,45 @@ target_if_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 	    cmd_ops->wmi_spectral_enable_cmd_send;
 }
 
+/**
+ * target_if_register_netlink_cb() - Register Netlink callbacks
+ * @pdev: Pointer to pdev object
+ * @nl_cb: Netlink callbacks to register
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ */
+static void
+target_if_register_netlink_cb(
+	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+	struct spectral_nl_cb *nl_cb)
+{
+	struct target_if_spectral *spectral = NULL;
+
+	spectral = get_target_if_spectral_handle_from_pdev(pdev);
+	qdf_mem_copy(&spectral->nl_cb, nl_cb, sizeof(struct spectral_nl_cb));
+
+	if (spectral->use_nl_bcast)
+		spectral->send_phy_data = spectral->nl_cb.send_nl_bcast;
+	else
+		spectral->send_phy_data = spectral->nl_cb.send_nl_unicast;
+}
+
+/**
+ * target_if_use_nl_bcast() - Get whether to use broadcast/unicast while sending
+ * Netlink messages to the application layer
+ * @pdev: Pointer to pdev object
+ *
+ * Return: true for broadcast, false for unicast
+ */
+static bool
+target_if_use_nl_bcast(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	struct target_if_spectral *spectral = NULL;
+
+	spectral = get_target_if_spectral_handle_from_pdev(pdev);
+	return spectral->use_nl_bcast;
+}
+
 void
 target_if_sptrl_register_tx_ops(struct wlan_lmac_if_tx_ops *tx_ops)
 {
@@ -2786,6 +2818,10 @@ target_if_sptrl_register_tx_ops(struct wlan_lmac_if_tx_ops *tx_ops)
 	    target_if_get_spectral_diagstats;
 	tx_ops->sptrl_tx_ops.sptrlto_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops =
 	    target_if_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
+	tx_ops->sptrl_tx_ops.sptrlto_register_netlink_cb =
+	    target_if_register_netlink_cb;
+	tx_ops->sptrl_tx_ops.sptrlto_use_nl_bcast =
+	    target_if_use_nl_bcast;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_if_sptrl_register_tx_ops);
 
@@ -2793,26 +2829,23 @@ void
 target_if_spectral_send_intf_found_msg(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 				       uint16_t cw_int, uint32_t dcs_enabled)
 {
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
 	struct spectral_samp_msg *msg = NULL;
 	struct target_if_spectral_ops *p_sops = NULL;
 	struct target_if_spectral *spectral = NULL;
 
 	spectral = get_target_if_spectral_handle_from_pdev(pdev);
-	p_sops = GET_TARGET_IF_SPECTRAL_OPS(spectral);
-	target_if_spectral_prep_skb(spectral);
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb) {
-		spectral->spectral_nlh =
-		    (struct nlmsghdr *)spectral->spectral_skb->data;
-		msg = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(
-				spectral->spectral_nlh);
+	msg  = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)spectral->nl_cb.get_nbuff(
+			spectral->pdev_obj);
+
+	if (msg) {
 		msg->int_type = cw_int ?
 		    SPECTRAL_DCS_INT_CW : SPECTRAL_DCS_INT_WIFI;
 		msg->dcs_enabled = dcs_enabled;
 		msg->signature = SPECTRAL_SIGNATURE;
+		p_sops = GET_TARGET_IF_SPECTRAL_OPS(spectral);
 		p_sops->get_mac_address(spectral, msg->macaddr);
-		target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(spectral);
+		if (spectral->send_phy_data(pdev) == 0)
+			spectral->spectral_sent_msg++;
 	}
-#endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_if_spectral_send_intf_found_msg);
diff --git a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
index acbe158c1a..a5b8873978 100644
--- a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
+++ b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ QDF_PRINT_INFO(QDF_PRINT_IDX_SHARED, QDF_MODULE_ID_SPECTRAL, level, ## args)
 #undef spectral_dbg_line
 #define spectral_dbg_line() \
 	spectral_debug("----------------------------------------------------\n")
-#undef SPECTRAL_TODO
-#define SPECTRAL_TODO(str) \
-	spectral_info("SPECTRAL : %s (%s : %d)\n", \
-		      (str), __func__, __LINE__)
+
 #undef spectral_ops_not_registered
 #define spectral_ops_not_registered(str) \
 	spectral_info("SPECTRAL : %s not registered\n", (str))
@@ -112,10 +109,6 @@ QDF_PRINT_INFO(QDF_PRINT_IDX_SHARED, QDF_MODULE_ID_SPECTRAL, level, ## args)
 /* Mask for time stamp from descriptor */
 #define SPECTRAL_TSMASK              0xFFFFFFFF
 #define SPECTRAL_SIGNATURE           0xdeadbeef
-#define MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD         1500
-#ifndef NETLINK_ATHEROS
-#define NETLINK_ATHEROS              (NETLINK_GENERIC + 1)
-#endif
 
 /* START of spectral GEN II HW specific details */
 #define SPECTRAL_PHYERR_SIGNATURE_GEN2           0xbb
@@ -677,6 +670,9 @@ struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops {
  * header, for the given hardware generation
  * @tlvhdr_size: Expected PHYERR TLV header size, for the given hardware
  * generation
+ * @nl_cb: Netlink callbacks
+ * @use_nl_bcast: Whether to use Netlink broadcast/unicast
+ * @send_phy_data: Send data to the applicaton layer
  */
 struct target_if_spectral {
 	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev_obj;
@@ -700,13 +696,6 @@ struct target_if_spectral {
 	int                                     lower_is_control;
 	int                                     lower_is_extension;
 	uint8_t                                sc_spectraltest_ieeechan;
-	struct sock *spectral_sock;
-	struct sk_buff *spectral_skb;
-	struct nlmsghdr *spectral_nlh;
-	uint32_t                               spectral_pid;
-
-	STAILQ_HEAD(, target_if_spectral_skb_event)    spectral_skbq;
-	qdf_spinlock_t                          spectral_skbqlock;
 	int                                     spectral_numbins;
 	int                                     spectral_fft_len;
 	int                                     spectral_data_len;
@@ -781,20 +770,9 @@ struct target_if_spectral {
 	uint8_t                                tag_sscan_fft_exp;
 	uint8_t                                tlvhdr_size;
 	struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops param_wmi_cmd_ops;
-};
-
-/**
- * struct target_if_spectral_skb_event - Used to broadcast FFT report to
- *                                       applications
- * @sp_skb:            Pointer to skb
- * @sp_nlh:            Pointer to nl message header
- * @spectral_skb_list: Linked list to manipulate the reports
- */
-struct target_if_spectral_skb_event {
-	struct sk_buff *sp_skb;
-	struct nlmsghdr *sp_nlh;
-
-	STAILQ_ENTRY(target_if_spectral_skb_event)    spectral_skb_list;
+	struct spectral_nl_cb nl_cb;
+	bool use_nl_bcast;
+	int (*send_phy_data)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -872,15 +850,6 @@ struct target_if_samp_msg_params {
 	struct ath_softc *sc;
 };
 
-/* NETLINK related declarations */
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-void target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len);
-#else
-void target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sk_buff *skb);
-#endif /* VERSION CHECK */
-#endif /* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS defined */
-
 /**
  * target_if_spectral_dump_fft() - Dump Spectral FFT
  * @pfft: Pointer to Spectral Phyerr FFT
@@ -915,66 +884,6 @@ uint32_t target_if_get_offset_swar_sec80(uint32_t channel_width);
  */
 void target_if_sptrl_register_tx_ops(struct wlan_lmac_if_tx_ops *tx_ops);
 
-/* Init's network namespace */
-extern struct net init_net;
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_init_netlink() - Initialize netlink data structures for
- * spectral module
- * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
- *
- * Return: Success/Failure
- */
-int target_if_spectral_init_netlink(struct target_if_spectral *spectral);
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_init_netlink() - De-initialize netlink data structures for
- * spectral module
- * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
- *
- * Return: Success/Failure
- */
-int target_if_spectral_destroy_netlink(struct target_if_spectral *spectral);
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_unicast_msg() - Passes unicast spectral message to host
- * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
- *
- * Return: void
- */
-void target_if_spectral_unicast_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral);
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_bcast_msg() - Passes broadcast spectral message to host
- * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
- *
- * Return: void
- */
-void target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral);
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_prep_skb() - Prepare socket buffer
- * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
- *
- * Prepare socket buffer to send the data to application layer
- *
- * Return: void
- */
-void target_if_spectral_prep_skb(struct target_if_spectral *spectral);
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_skb_dequeue() - Dequeue all the spectral queued socket
- * buffers
- * @data : unsigned long pointer to spectral internal structure.
- *         Have to be typecasted to struct target_if_spectral pointer type.
- *
- * Dequeue all the spectral queued socket buffers queued.
- * Broadcasts spectral data after dequeing each sk_buff.
- *
- * Return: void
- */
-void target_if_spectral_skb_dequeue(void *data);
-
 /**
  * target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg() - Create the spectral samp message
  * @spectral : Pointer to spectral internal structure
@@ -1163,25 +1072,6 @@ int target_if_process_sfft_report_gen3(
 	struct spectral_phyerr_fft_report_gen3 *p_fft_report,
 	struct spectral_search_fft_info_gen3 *p_fft_info);
 
-/**
- * target_if_send_phydata() - Send Spectral PHY data over netlink
- * @pdev: Pointer to pdev
- * @sock: Netlink socket to use
- * @nbuf: Network buffer containing PHY data to send
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative value on failure
- */
-static inline uint32_t target_if_send_phydata(
-	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-	struct sock *sock, qdf_nbuf_t nbuf)
-{
-	struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc = NULL;
-
-	psoc = wlan_pdev_get_psoc(pdev);
-	return psoc->soc_cb.rx_ops.sptrl_rx_ops.sptrlro_send_phydata(pdev,
-				sock, nbuf);
-}
-
 /**
  * get_target_if_spectral_handle_from_pdev() - Get handle to target_if internal
  * Spectral data
diff --git a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_netlink.c b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_netlink.c
index c4a548483d..4fea8dde7c 100644
--- a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_netlink.c
+++ b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_netlink.c
@@ -27,162 +27,6 @@
 #include <wlan_osif_priv.h>
 #include <reg_services_public_struct.h>
 
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-struct sock *target_if_spectral_nl_sock;
-static atomic_t spectral_nl_users = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-void
-target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len)
-{
-	spectral_debug("%d", __LINE__);
-}
-
-#else
-void
-target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	spectral_debug("%d", __LINE__);
-}
-#endif				/* VERSION */
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg() - Initialize netlink kernel
- * configuration parameters
- * @spectral : Pointer to netlink_kernel_cfg
- *
- * Initialize netlink kernel configuration parameters required
- * for spectral module
- *
- * Return: None
- */
-#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
-static void
-target_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	cfg->groups = 1;
-	cfg->input = target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready;
-}
-#else
-static void
-target_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
-/**
- * target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock() - Create Netlink socket
- * @spectral : Pointer to netlink_kernel_cfg
- *
- * Create Netlink socket required for spectral module
- *
- * Return: None
- */
-#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 7, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
-static void
-target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	target_if_spectral_nl_sock =
-	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
-						 NETLINK_ATHEROS, cfg);
-}
-#elif KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
-static void
-target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	target_if_spectral_nl_sock =
-	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
-						 NETLINK_ATHEROS,
-						 THIS_MODULE, cfg);
-}
-#elif (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-static void
-target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	target_if_spectral_nl_sock =
-	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(
-		NETLINK_ATHEROS, 1,
-		&target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready,
-		THIS_MODULE);
-}
-#else
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(3, 10, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-static void
-target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	memset(cfg, 0, sizeof(*cfg));
-	cfg->groups = 1;
-	cfg->input = &target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready;
-	target_if_spectral_nl_sock =
-	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(&init_net,
-						 NETLINK_ATHEROS, cfg);
-}
-#else
-static void
-target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
-{
-	target_if_spectral_nl_sock =
-	    (struct sock *)netlink_kernel_create(
-		&init_net,
-		NETLINK_ATHEROS, 1,
-		&target_if_spectral_nl_data_ready,
-		NULL, THIS_MODULE);
-}
-#endif
-#endif
-
-int
-target_if_spectral_init_netlink(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg;
-
-	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
-
-	target_if_spectral_init_nl_cfg(&cfg);
-
-	if (!spectral) {
-		spectral_err("sc_spectral is NULL");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	spectral->spectral_sent_msg = 0;
-
-	if (!target_if_spectral_nl_sock) {
-		target_if_spectral_create_nl_sock(&cfg);
-
-		if (!target_if_spectral_nl_sock) {
-			spectral_err("NETLINK_KERNEL_CREATE FAILED");
-			return -ENODEV;
-		}
-	}
-	atomic_inc(&spectral_nl_users);
-	spectral->spectral_sock = target_if_spectral_nl_sock;
-
-	if ((!spectral) || (!spectral->spectral_sock)) {
-		spectral_err("NULL pointers (spectral=%d) (sock=%d)",
-			     (!spectral),
-			     (!spectral->spectral_sock));
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-	if (!spectral->spectral_skb)
-		spectral_err("%d NULL SKB", __LINE__);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-target_if_spectral_destroy_netlink(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	spectral->spectral_sock = NULL;
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&spectral_nl_users)) {
-		sock_release(target_if_spectral_nl_sock->sk_socket);
-		target_if_spectral_nl_sock = NULL;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#endif				/* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS */
-
 static void
 target_if_spectral_process_noise_pwr_report(
 	struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
@@ -277,22 +121,21 @@ target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 
 	int temp_samp_msg_len = 0;
 
-	static struct spectral_samp_msg spec_samp_msg;
+	struct spectral_samp_msg *spec_samp_msg;
 
-	struct spectral_samp_msg *msg = NULL;
 	struct spectral_samp_data *data = NULL;
 	uint8_t *bin_pwr_data = NULL;
 	struct spectral_classifier_params *cp = NULL;
 	struct spectral_classifier_params *pcp = NULL;
 	struct target_if_spectral_ops *p_sops = NULL;
-	struct target_if_spectral_skb_event *sp_skb_event = NULL;
-
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
 	static int samp_msg_index;
-#endif
+
+	spec_samp_msg  = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)spectral->nl_cb.get_nbuff(
+				spectral->pdev_obj);
+	if (!spec_samp_msg)
+		return;
 
 	p_sops = GET_TARGET_IF_SPECTRAL_OPS(spectral);
-
 	temp_samp_msg_len = sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg) -
 	    (MAX_NUM_BINS * sizeof(uint8_t));
 	temp_samp_msg_len += (params->pwr_count * sizeof(uint8_t));
@@ -301,47 +144,45 @@ target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 		    (params->pwr_count_sec80 * sizeof(uint8_t));
 	bin_pwr_data = params->bin_pwr_data;
 
-	memset(&spec_samp_msg, 0, sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
+	data = &spec_samp_msg->samp_data;
 
-	data = &spec_samp_msg.samp_data;
+	spec_samp_msg->signature = SPECTRAL_SIGNATURE;
+	spec_samp_msg->freq = params->freq;
+	spec_samp_msg->freq_loading = params->freq_loading;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_data_len = params->datalen;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_rssi = params->rssi;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.ch_width = spectral->ch_width;
 
-	spec_samp_msg.signature = SPECTRAL_SIGNATURE;
-	spec_samp_msg.freq = params->freq;
-	spec_samp_msg.freq_loading = params->freq_loading;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_data_len = params->datalen;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_rssi = params->rssi;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.ch_width = spectral->ch_width;
-
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_combined_rssi =
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_combined_rssi =
 	    (uint8_t)params->rssi;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_upper_rssi = params->upper_rssi;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_lower_rssi = params->lower_rssi;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_upper_rssi = params->upper_rssi;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_lower_rssi = params->lower_rssi;
 
-	OS_MEMCPY(spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_chain_ctl_rssi,
+	OS_MEMCPY(spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_chain_ctl_rssi,
 		  params->chain_ctl_rssi, sizeof(params->chain_ctl_rssi));
-	OS_MEMCPY(spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_chain_ext_rssi,
+	OS_MEMCPY(spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_chain_ext_rssi,
 		  params->chain_ext_rssi, sizeof(params->chain_ext_rssi));
 
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_bwinfo = params->bwinfo;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_tstamp = params->tstamp;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_max_index = params->max_index;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_bwinfo = params->bwinfo;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_tstamp = params->tstamp;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_max_index = params->max_index;
 
 	/* Classifier in user space needs access to these */
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_lower_max_index =
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_lower_max_index =
 	    params->max_lower_index;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_upper_max_index =
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_upper_max_index =
 	    params->max_upper_index;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_nb_lower = params->nb_lower;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_nb_upper = params->nb_upper;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_last_tstamp = params->last_tstamp;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_max_mag = params->max_mag;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.bin_pwr_count = params->pwr_count;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.lb_edge_extrabins = spectral->lb_edge_extrabins;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.rb_edge_extrabins = spectral->rb_edge_extrabins;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_combined_rssi = params->rssi;
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_max_scale = params->max_exp;
-
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_nb_lower = params->nb_lower;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_nb_upper = params->nb_upper;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_last_tstamp = params->last_tstamp;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_max_mag = params->max_mag;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.bin_pwr_count = params->pwr_count;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.lb_edge_extrabins =
+		spectral->lb_edge_extrabins;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.rb_edge_extrabins =
+		spectral->rb_edge_extrabins;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_combined_rssi = params->rssi;
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_max_scale = params->max_exp;
 
 	/*
 	 * This is a dirty hack to get the Windows build pass.
@@ -357,11 +198,10 @@ target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 	 *
 	 */
 
-	spec_samp_msg.samp_data.noise_floor = params->noise_floor;
-#endif				/* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS */
+	spec_samp_msg->samp_data.noise_floor = params->noise_floor;
 
 	/* Classifier in user space needs access to these */
-	cp = &spec_samp_msg.samp_data.classifier_params;
+	cp = &spec_samp_msg->samp_data.classifier_params;
 	pcp = &params->classifier_params;
 
 	OS_MEMCPY(cp, pcp, sizeof(struct spectral_classifier_params));
@@ -369,23 +209,22 @@ target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 	SPECTRAL_MESSAGE_COPY_CHAR_ARRAY(&data->bin_pwr[0],
 					 bin_pwr_data, params->pwr_count);
 
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-	spec_samp_msg.vhtop_ch_freq_seg1 = params->vhtop_ch_freq_seg1;
-	spec_samp_msg.vhtop_ch_freq_seg2 = params->vhtop_ch_freq_seg2;
+	spec_samp_msg->vhtop_ch_freq_seg1 = params->vhtop_ch_freq_seg1;
+	spec_samp_msg->vhtop_ch_freq_seg2 = params->vhtop_ch_freq_seg2;
 
 	if (spectral->ch_width == CH_WIDTH_160MHZ) {
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_rssi_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_rssi_sec80 =
 		    params->rssi_sec80;
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.noise_floor_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.noise_floor_sec80 =
 		    params->noise_floor_sec80;
 
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_data_len_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_data_len_sec80 =
 		    params->datalen_sec80;
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_max_index_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_max_index_sec80 =
 		    params->max_index_sec80;
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.spectral_max_mag_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.spectral_max_mag_sec80 =
 		    params->max_mag_sec80;
-		spec_samp_msg.samp_data.bin_pwr_count_sec80 =
+		spec_samp_msg->samp_data.bin_pwr_count_sec80 =
 		    params->pwr_count_sec80;
 		SPECTRAL_MESSAGE_COPY_CHAR_ARRAY(&data->bin_pwr_sec80[0],
 						 (params->bin_pwr_data_sec80),
@@ -396,238 +235,16 @@ target_if_spectral_create_samp_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 		 * secondary 80 data at this point.
 		 */
 	}
-#endif				/* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS */
 
 	target_if_spectral_init_interf_list(data, params);
-
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-	target_if_spectral_prep_skb(spectral);
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb) {
-		p_sops->get_mac_address(spectral, spec_samp_msg.macaddr);
-		spectral->spectral_nlh =
-		    (struct nlmsghdr *)spectral->spectral_skb->data;
-		memcpy(NLMSG_DATA(spectral->spectral_nlh),
-		       &spec_samp_msg, sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
-		msg = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(
-				spectral->spectral_nlh);
-		/*
-		 * Broadcast spectral data only
-		 * if it is a edma supported device
-		 */
-		if (!spectral->sc_spectral_non_edma)
-			target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(spectral);
-		samp_msg_index++;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if the device is non-edma and follow the required broadcast
-	 * path if true
-	 */
-	if (spectral->sc_spectral_non_edma) {
-		/*
-		 * Allocating memory for the queue entity to
-		 * hold the spectral socket buffer
-		 */
-		sp_skb_event = (struct target_if_spectral_skb_event
-				*)qdf_mem_malloc(
-					sizeof(
-					  struct target_if_spectral_skb_event));
-
-		if (sp_skb_event) {
-			OS_MEMZERO(sp_skb_event,
-				   sizeof(struct target_if_spectral_skb_event));
-			sp_skb_event->sp_skb = spectral->spectral_skb;
-			sp_skb_event->sp_nlh = spectral->spectral_nlh;
-			spectral->spectral_skb = NULL;
-			spectral->spectral_nlh = NULL;
-
-			/*
-			 * Queue spectral socket buffers to be broadcasted
-			 * outside irq lock
-			 */
-			qdf_spin_lock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-			STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&spectral->spectral_skbq,
-					   sp_skb_event, spectral_skb_list);
-			qdf_spin_unlock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-		}
-	}
-#else
-	/*
-	 * call the indicate function to pass the data to the net layer
-	 * Windows will pass to a spectral WIN32 service
-	 */
-	msg = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)qdf_mem_malloc(
-			sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
-	if (msg) {
-		OS_MEMCPY(msg, &spec_samp_msg,
-			  sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
-		ath_spectral_indicate(params->sc, (void *)msg,
-				      sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
-		OS_FREE(msg);
-		msg = NULL;
-	} else {
-		spectral_err("No buffer");
-	}
-#endif				/* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS */
+	p_sops->get_mac_address(spectral, spec_samp_msg->macaddr);
 
 	if (spectral->sc_spectral_noise_pwr_cal)
 		target_if_spectral_process_noise_pwr_report(
-			spectral, &spec_samp_msg);
-}
+			spectral, spec_samp_msg);
 
-#ifdef SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS
-
-void
-target_if_spectral_prep_skb(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	spectral->spectral_skb = dev_alloc_skb(MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD);
-
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb) {
-		skb_put(spectral->spectral_skb, MAX_SPECTRAL_PAYLOAD);
-		spectral->spectral_nlh =
-		    (struct nlmsghdr *)spectral->spectral_skb->data;
-
-		OS_MEMZERO(spectral->spectral_nlh,
-			   sizeof(*spectral->spectral_nlh));
-
-		/*
-		 * Possible bug that size of  struct spectral_samp_msg and
-		 * SPECTRAL_MSG differ by 3 bytes  so we miss 3 bytes
-		 */
-
-		spectral->spectral_nlh->nlmsg_len =
-		    NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct spectral_samp_msg));
-		spectral->spectral_nlh->nlmsg_pid = 0;
-		spectral->spectral_nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
-	} else {
-		spectral->spectral_skb = NULL;
-		spectral->spectral_nlh = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-static inline void
-target_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(
-	struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	NETLINK_CB(spectral->spectral_skb).dst_pid =
-	    spectral->spectral_pid;
-}
-#else
-static inline void
-target_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(
-	struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-}
-#endif			/* VERSION - field depracated by newer kernel */
-
-#if KERNEL_VERSION(3, 7, 0) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE
-static inline void
-target_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(
-	struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	NETLINK_CB(spectral->spectral_skb).pid = 0;  /* from kernel */
-}
-#else
-static inline void
-target_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(
-	struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	NETLINK_CB(spectral->spectral_skb).portid = 0;  /* from kernel */
-}
-#endif
-
-void
-target_if_spectral_unicast_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-	if (!spectral) {
-		spectral_err("Spectral is NULL");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!spectral->spectral_sock) {
-		spectral_err("Spectral Socket is invalid");
-		dev_kfree_skb(spectral->spectral_skb);
-		spectral->spectral_skb = NULL;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb) {
-		target_if_init_spectral_skb_dst_pid(spectral);
-
-		target_if_init_spectral_skb_pid_portid(spectral);
-
-		/* to mcast group 1<<0 */
-		NETLINK_CB(spectral->spectral_skb).dst_group = 0;
-
-		netlink_unicast(spectral->spectral_sock,
-				spectral->spectral_skb,
-				spectral->spectral_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-	}
-}
-
-void
-target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(struct target_if_spectral *spectral)
-{
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) >= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-	fd_set write_set;
-#endif
-	struct spectral_samp_msg *msg = NULL;
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = NULL;
-	int status;
-
-#if (KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) >= LINUX_VERSION_CODE)
-	FD_ZERO(&write_set);
-#endif
-
-	if (!spectral)
-		return;
-
-	if (!spectral->spectral_sock) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(spectral->spectral_skb);
-		spectral->spectral_skb = NULL;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!spectral->spectral_skb)
-		return;
-
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)spectral->spectral_skb->data;
-	msg = (struct spectral_samp_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(spectral->spectral_nlh);
-	status = target_if_send_phydata(spectral->pdev_obj,
-					spectral->spectral_sock,
-					spectral->spectral_skb);
-	if (status == 0)
+	if (spectral->send_phy_data(spectral->pdev_obj) == 0)
 		spectral->spectral_sent_msg++;
 
-	/* netlink will have freed the skb */
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb)
-		spectral->spectral_skb = NULL;
+	samp_msg_index++;
 }
-
-void
-target_if_spectral_skb_dequeue(void *data)
-{
-	struct target_if_spectral *spectral = (struct target_if_spectral *)data;
-	struct target_if_spectral_skb_event *sp_skb_event = NULL;
-
-	qdf_spin_lock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-	/* Deque all the spectral socket buffers queued */
-	while (!STAILQ_EMPTY(&spectral->spectral_skbq)) {
-		sp_skb_event = STAILQ_FIRST(&spectral->spectral_skbq);
-		if (sp_skb_event) {
-			spectral->spectral_skb = sp_skb_event->sp_skb;
-			spectral->spectral_nlh = sp_skb_event->sp_nlh;
-			STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&spectral->spectral_skbq,
-					   spectral_skb_list);
-			qdf_spin_unlock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-			OS_FREE(sp_skb_event);
-			/* Broadcast spectral data after dequeing */
-			target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(spectral);
-			qdf_spin_lock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-		}
-	}
-	qdf_spin_unlock(&spectral->spectral_skbqlock);
-}
-
-#endif				/* SPECTRAL_USE_NETLINK_SOCKETS */
diff --git a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_phyerr.c b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_phyerr.c
index 21b14437dd..05a36f7b7a 100644
--- a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_phyerr.c
+++ b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral_phyerr.c
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@ target_if_spectral_send_tlv_to_host(struct target_if_spectral *spectral,
 				    uint8_t *data, uint32_t datalen)
 {
 	int status = true;
+	void *nl_data = spectral->nl_cb.get_nbuff(spectral->pdev_obj);
 
-	target_if_spectral_prep_skb(spectral);
-	if (spectral->spectral_skb) {
-		spectral->spectral_nlh =
-		    (struct nlmsghdr *)spectral->spectral_skb->data;
-		memcpy(NLMSG_DATA(spectral->spectral_nlh), data, datalen);
-		target_if_spectral_bcast_msg(spectral);
+	if (nl_data) {
+		memcpy(nl_data, data, datalen);
+		if (spectral->send_phy_data(spectral->pdev_obj) == 0)
+			spectral->spectral_sent_msg++;
 	} else {
 		status = false;
 	}
@@ -1110,7 +1109,7 @@ target_if_spectral_dump_phyerr_data_gen2(uint8_t *data, uint32_t datalen,
 			ptlv->length;
 
 		if (curr_tlv_complete_size > bytes_remaining) {
-			spectral_err("Current indicated complete TLV size %u greater than number of bytes remaining to be processed %u",
+			spectral_err("TLV size %d greater than number of bytes remaining %d",
 				     curr_tlv_complete_size, bytes_remaining);
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
diff --git a/umac/global_umac_dispatcher/lmac_if/inc/wlan_lmac_if_def.h b/umac/global_umac_dispatcher/lmac_if/inc/wlan_lmac_if_def.h
index 61044097f8..8f04bf5262 100644
--- a/umac/global_umac_dispatcher/lmac_if/inc/wlan_lmac_if_def.h
+++ b/umac/global_umac_dispatcher/lmac_if/inc/wlan_lmac_if_def.h
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops;
  * @sptrlto_clear_chaninfo:         Clear channel information
  * @sptrlto_get_spectral_capinfo:   Get Spectral capability information
  * @sptrlto_get_spectral_diagstats: Get Spectral diagnostic statistics
+ * @sptrlto_register_netlink_cb: Register Spectral Netlink callbacks
+ * @sptrlto_use_nl_bcast: Get whether to use Netlink broadcast/unicast
  **/
 struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_tx_ops {
 	void *(*sptrlto_pdev_spectral_init)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
@@ -358,6 +360,10 @@ struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_tx_ops {
 	void (*sptrlto_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops)(
 		struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 		struct wmi_spectral_cmd_ops *cmd_ops);
+	void (*sptrlto_register_netlink_cb)(
+		struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
+		struct spectral_nl_cb *nl_cb);
+	bool (*sptrlto_use_nl_bcast)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 };
 #endif /* WLAN_CONV_SPECTRAL_ENABLE */
 
@@ -920,12 +926,9 @@ struct wlan_lmac_if_sa_api_rx_ops {
 /**
  * struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_rx_ops - Spectral south bound Rx operations
  *
- * @sptrl_send_phydata:        Send Spectral PHY Data
  * @sptrlro_get_target_handle: Get Spectral handle for target/LMAC private data
  */
 struct wlan_lmac_if_sptrl_rx_ops {
-	int (*sptrlro_send_phydata)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
-				    struct sock *sock, qdf_nbuf_t nbuf);
 	void * (*sptrlro_get_target_handle)(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev);
 	int16_t (*sptrlro_vdev_get_chan_freq)(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev);
 	enum phy_ch_width (*sptrlro_vdev_get_ch_width)(