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On 20.05.2015 19:14, Jakub Kiciński wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2015 19:06:04 +0200, poma wrote:
>> With the script 'mt7601u-fw-install' can be initiated the download and installation of the required firmware,
>> though it would be optimal to resolve it in the following manner:
>>
>> In OpenWrt repo - mt76 - mac80211 driver for MediaTek MT76x2 802.11ac chips
>> https://github.com/openwrt/mt76
>>
>> there is a license file together with firmwares:
>> https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/blob/master/firmware
>>
>>
>> Whether the same can be done with:
>> mt7601u -  Linux mac80211-based driver for Mediatek MT7601U USB bgn WiFi dongle
>> https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u
>> ?
> 
> I will ask MediaTek to send firmware to linux-firmware.git once the
> driver passes review and is accepted to mainline.
> 

Yeah, the foundation is already there:
linux-firmware: Add firmware files for mtk mt7630/mt7650 chipsets
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=8267525

Good luck.


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