Are there plans to add support for 802.11s mesh point mode? On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:09 AM, David Lin <dlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 06/05/2015 12:29 PM, Ben Greear wrote: >> 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? >> > Yes, the partitioning technically allows multiple logical interfaces. However, this open source driver is not yet developed for many combinations, yet. > > It is hard to comment about "thickness" of the firmware :) All (most?) 802.11 mgmt packets are handled in host driver. Think of microcode as part of hardware or controlling/abstracting the hardware. > > Thanks, > David >> >> -- >> Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
