Re: [PATCH] mwlwifi: Initial submission of wireless driver to mainline

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 06/04/2015 07:41 PM, David Lin wrote:
>> On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> 	Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The work
>>> was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
>>> https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
>>> nurtured.
>>>
>>> 	Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it can
>>> be qualified for mainline.
>>>
>>> 	This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
>>> tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We will
>>> continue to maintain and enhance it.
>>>
>>> We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
>>
>> Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
>>
>> Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
>>
> Support both 11b/g/a/n/ac AP mode, and STA mode (though the primary use case is AP). Driver matches most features in mac80211 and hostapd/supplicant. All basic securities mode have been validated.
>
> Yes, it will require firmware microcode. Matching "binary" is reprovided as a separate .bin file(s) for each chip. Source codes of chip-dependent microcode will not be provided.

Can it do multiple virtual stations (and other virtual device combinations)?

With ath10k, for instance, there is a complex firmware between the host
and the NIC hardware, so any bugs and limitations in the firmware make
it almost impossible to add interesting features or fix bugs w/out being able to modify
the firmware source.

Any comments on how 'thick' the marvell firmware is?

Thanks,
Ben


>
> Thanks,
> David
>

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com