From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: yhchuang@realtek.com
Cc: kvalo@codeaurora.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, pkshih@realtek.com,
tehuang@realtek.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/12] rtwlan: mac80211 driver for Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:12:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180921131235.GA10556@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1537509847-21087-1-git-send-email-yhchuang@realtek.com>
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 02:03:55PM +0800, yhchuang@realtek.com wrote:
> From: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
>
> This is a new mac80211 driver for Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips.
> rtwlan supports 8822BE and 8822CE chips, and will be able to support
> multi-vif combinations in run-time.
>
> For now, only PCI bus is supported, but rtwlan was originally designed
> to optionally support three buses includes USB & SDIO. USB & SDIO modules
> will soon be supported by rtwlan, with configurable core module to fit
> with different bus modules in the same time.
>
> For example, if we choose 8822BE and 8822CU, only PCI & USB modules will
> be selected, built, loaded into kernel. This is one of the major
> difference from rtlwifi, which can only support specific combinations.
>
> Another difference from rtlwifi is that rtwlan is designed to support
> the latest Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips like 8822B and
> 8822C series. Compared to the earlier chips supported by rtlwifi like
> the 802.11n 8192EE chipset or 802.11ac 8821AE/8812AE chips, newer ICs
> have different MAC & PHY settings, such as new multi-port feature for the
> MAC layer design and Jaguar2/Jaguar3 PHY layer IPs.
>
> Multi-Port feature is also supported under rtwlan's software architecture.
> rtlwifi can only support one vif in the same time, most because of the
> hardware limitations for early chips, hence the original design of it
> also restricts the usage of multi-vif support, so latest chipset seems not
> take advantages from its new MAC engine.
>
> However, rtwlan can run multiple vifs concurrently by holding them on
> hardware ports provided by MAC engine, so we can easily start different
> roles on a single device.
>
> Based on the reasons mentioned before, we implemented rtwlan. It had many
> authors, they are listed here alphabetically:
>
> Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
> Tzu-En Huang <tehuang@realtek.com>
> Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@realtek.com>
I didn't do detailed review, but my general impression is very very
positive. New driver looks great!
Just 2 generic remarks:
- please add MAINTAINERS file entry
- please post a patch or request to remove staging/rtlwifi driver
since this one is replace for it (8822BE PCI-ID is the same)
Thanks
Stanislaw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-21 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-21 6:03 [RFC 00/12] rtwlan: mac80211 driver for Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:03 ` [PATCH 01/12] rtwlan: main files yhchuang
2018-09-27 13:50 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-09-27 15:40 ` Larry Finger
2018-09-28 9:08 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-04 12:32 ` Kalle Valo
2018-09-28 3:20 ` Tony Chuang
2018-09-28 9:29 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-09-28 11:32 ` Tony Chuang
2018-10-02 10:29 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-02 15:23 ` Larry Finger
2018-10-03 2:57 ` Tony Chuang
2018-10-03 5:40 ` Larry Finger
2018-10-04 12:39 ` Kalle Valo
2018-10-04 13:42 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-04 16:19 ` Larry Finger
2018-10-05 7:51 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-06 12:20 ` Kalle Valo
2018-10-06 12:16 ` Kalle Valo
2018-10-04 12:35 ` Kalle Valo
2018-10-02 9:35 ` Tony Chuang
2018-10-02 10:14 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-03 3:25 ` Tony Chuang
2018-10-03 6:05 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2018-10-04 12:30 ` Kalle Valo
2018-09-21 6:03 ` [PATCH 02/12] rtwlan: core files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:03 ` [PATCH 03/12] rtwlan: hci files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:03 ` [PATCH 04/12] rtwlan: trx files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 05/12] rtwlan: mac files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 06/12] rtwlan: fw and efuse files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 07/12] rtwlan: phy files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 08/12] rtwlan: debug files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 09/12] rtwlan: chip files yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 10/12] rtwlan: 8822B init table yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 11/12] rtwlan: 8822C " yhchuang
2018-09-21 6:04 ` [PATCH 12/12] rtwlan: Kconfig & Makefile yhchuang
2018-09-22 23:39 ` kbuild test robot
2018-09-23 8:55 ` kbuild test robot
2018-09-21 13:12 ` Stanislaw Gruszka [this message]
2018-09-24 11:05 ` [RFC 00/12] rtwlan: mac80211 driver for Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips Kalle Valo
2018-09-25 11:09 ` Tony Chuang
2018-10-06 11:45 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <CAP71bdW0P8xFeLfGgNeENJf_9+S+DTnK4S=tXZi1FPY7U-AL3A@mail.gmail.com>
2018-09-24 11:08 ` Kalle Valo
2018-09-24 17:09 ` Larry Finger
2018-09-25 11:10 ` Tony Chuang
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