Re: [ANN] mt76x0 usb driver

[Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>]

> Hi

Hi Stanislaw,

> 
> I would like to announce mt76x0 driver for MT7610U USB dongles:
> 
> https://github.com/sgruszka/mt76x0
> 
> mt76x0 is based on Jakub's mt7601u mac80211 driver and is intended to be
> integrated in the linux kernel.
> 

Thx, very cool work :)

> Currently only Linksys AE6000 (ID 13b1:003e) in on USB id's list
> and 5GHz does not work.
> 
> I would like to integrate the driver to kernel via mt76 driver, i.e.
> add USB hooks and mt76x0 mac/phy code to mt76. This will open
> possibility to develop support for mt76x2 USB devices as well as mt76x0
> PCIe devices in mt76.
> 

I have already started supporting mt76x2 USB devices in mt76 since register map
is pretty similar to PCIe devices:
https://github.com/LorenzoBianconi/wireless-drivers-next/tree/mt76x2u
I added some usb utility routines so I think we can integrate mt76x0 in mt76 as
well

> I would also like to establish some better collaboration with Mediatek
> in order to having their present and future wireless hardware be
> supported in the mainline kernel.
> 
> Thanks
> Stanislaw

Regards,
Lorenzo