From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail11.truemail.it (mail11.truemail.it [217.194.8.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA6B62D7808; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.194.8.81 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1753104336; cv=none; b=pjqO40cXd1XMvXEPaZPj8wm6UYPwc9n/7rEBor1+RXnqUbbSMNGz7uEJ2PSWrY93svK6CfF7ShPljxAgeyAKFRshTcXIfKTNoNoCJ+CkPicT0FZ2lj+q92qOYK4Vjq9wDvxkM4OMHEkpkD1+5r6tcAytA+CtvChbXaO7hBMZES8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1753104336; c=relaxed/simple; bh=3BIDwNzOo6gy/uw3u2gKAK4THqT/Q6+LLEnJO1jl5Z0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=FL338VAQJZqZcemrXUguh+hrMmD5CLyAJ9cjeLFqioMPFLUV6W+sEPQkuJUXs1HTMew4PbNIL3PQMJ1Xo/mzTcvRzqiGHab1fmR1Sc8bNSducPmx85wtvdYXvqZXFKzooDFNPX2WR7gWc9Vj198ZGRUeBNFerydMCL/yDe3962M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=dolcini.it; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dolcini.it; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=dolcini.it header.i=@dolcini.it header.b=Fr5+jrJQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.194.8.81 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=dolcini.it Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dolcini.it Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=dolcini.it header.i=@dolcini.it header.b="Fr5+jrJQ" Received: from francesco-nb (248.201.173.83.static.wline.lns.sme.cust.swisscom.ch [83.173.201.248]) by mail11.truemail.it (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C75341FAC8; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:25:23 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dolcini.it; s=default; t=1753104324; bh=3BIDwNzOo6gy/uw3u2gKAK4THqT/Q6+LLEnJO1jl5Z0=; h=From:To:Subject; b=Fr5+jrJQhpJC7fP5D+WDespsxGOT9SSofaNkefXc6DqnZsaYSgAVqO1OcQk68JjSy 8P3L6xFqu9JeVvVwj/I4/sBkgShmFlrM/Rf+2+rCuG+kF6Va0/sWyrExWC/niaoBRi ws1HHpfmXKHItTYTS2tFBJ8vfRC4Mgp1RLeQceUntW8GYa9Id9XtvEW+UMipGDkvo1 AsXAv6lflZy469cNtjH2GNygO2T44eyfDu0oub2ndYsJx0GYdeKTAMf6yWXm4rId4/ b5ggAD/MfV1uyx72uwVT7lcp2naYd67X2k5D6xNMiGXNefixAICExk3jT7ledWdNPw 8Vloc5awRSQmQ== Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:25:19 +0200 From: Francesco Dolcini To: Jeff Chen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, briannorris@chromium.org, francesco@dolcini.it, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, tsung-hsien.hsieh@nxp.com, brian.hsu@nxp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/22] wifi: nxpwifi: create nxpwifi to support iw61x Message-ID: <20250721132519.GA55403@francesco-nb> References: <20250721062641.2001796-1-jeff.chen_1@nxp.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250721062641.2001796-1-jeff.chen_1@nxp.com> Hello Jeff, On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 02:26:19PM +0800, Jeff Chen wrote: > This driver is not based on mac80211. It derives from mwifiex, but due to > significant differences in firmware architecture, host command interface, > and supported features, it was not feasible to extend mwifiex without risk > of regressions. Thus, a new driver is introduced. Future NXP Wi-Fi chipsets > will also be supported under `nxpwifi`. What changed compared to the last time nxpwifi was discussed and from v3? My last status is the following 1 - it is possible to extend mwifiex to support iw61x [1] 2 - duplicating mwifiex was not considered a good idea 3 - keeping mwifiex well maintained is considered important Francesco [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240826072648.167004-1-s.hauer@pengutronix.de/