> -----Original Message----- > From: Imre Kaloz [mailto:kaloz@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 7:36 AM > To: David Lin; Jonas Gorski; Chor Teck Law > Cc: Johannes Berg; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pete Hsieh > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Add new mac80211 driver mwlwifi. > > On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:48:38 +0200, Chor Teck Law <ctlaw@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > >> >> 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"? > > I have a different suggestion, please read below. > > >> 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. > > Sure thing, what I was talking about is more like making the driver > selection less confusing for the enduser. > > What I would propose is something along the lines (I have to cheat a > bit, I know): > > mwlwifi: "Marvell Avastar (802.11ac) PCIe support" > mwifiex: "Marvell Avastar (802.11n) support" > mwl8k : "Marvell TopDog (802.11n) support" Thanks for scratching your head on this. We cannot change mwifiex because of its broader installation on embedded devices and laptops. And it is definitely more widely used as 11ac than 11n. We can add Avastar if preferred (not required but ok). Main thing about mwlwifi is that it differs from others for its mac80211 compatibility. Should we use "Marvell Avastar 88W8864/88W8897 PCIe driver (mac80211 compatible)"? > > > Imre > > PS: > > Cheating as in mwl8k supports the 8764 Avastar radio and mwifiex > supports 11ac, but well... ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{���zW����ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f
