> -----Original Message----- > From: Imre Kaloz [mailto:kaloz@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 2:50 AM > To: David Lin; Jonas Gorski > Cc: Johannes Berg; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chor Teck Law; Pete > Hsieh > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Add new mac80211 driver mwlwifi. > > On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:38:32 +0200, Jonas Gorski <jogo@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > <snip> > > >>> I think it would be good to have some more precise description here > >>> (something like "Marvell 88W8864/8897 PCIe driver with AP > support"). > >>> > >> > >> Will change the title from "Marvell Wireless Wi-Fi driver (mwlwifi)" > >> to "Marvell 88W8864/88W8897 PCIe driver with AP support". > > > > As Imre pointed out, mwifiex also supports AP mode, so this is not a > > good description. We have explained a few times on this... Pls read about the difference of mwifiex vs mwlwifi. There is a NOTE added to the description of KConfig of mwlwifi. Would the community prefer this description instead: "Marvell 88W8864/88W8897 driver with MAC80211 support"? > > On the short run, changing the description of the drivers could work, > but I would suggest dropping (at least) 8897 support from mwifiex in > favor of mwlwifi. If supporting the 8766 isn't complicated, I would > drop PCIe support completely from there. > > David, Chor Teck, could you shed some light on the future driver > strategy? The mwlwifi as it is today, only supports said PCIe devices. There is no near term plan for any other devices. But we cannot speak for future. Let's comment based on the current state. ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{���zW����ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f
