David Lin <dlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch provides the mwlwifi driver for Marvell 8863, 8864 and 8897 > chipsets. > This driver was developed as part of the openwrt.org project to support > Linksys WRT1900AC and is maintained on https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi. > > The mwlwifi driver differs from existing mwifiex driver: > o mwlwifi is a "softmac driver" using the kernel mac802.11 subsystem > to provide full AP/Wireless Bridge functionality (routers). > o mwifiex is a "fullmac driver" which provides a comprehensive set of > client functions (laptops/embedded devices) > o only mwlwifi supports Marvell AP chip 886X series > > NOTE: Users with Marvell 88W8897 chipsets currently should enable > (CONFIG=Y or M) either CONFIG_MWIFIEX or CONFIG_MWLWIFI, NOT BOTH. > > mwlwifi driver leveraged code from existing MWL8K driver in the > following areas: > - 802.11n setting for mac80211 > - Functions needed to hook up to mac80211 > - Interactions with mac80211 to establish BA streams > - Partial firmware APIs, some data fields > - Method to pass Rx packets to mac80211 except 11ac rates > > In addition, mwlwifi driver supports: > - future scalability and future development (refactored source code) > - Marvell 802.11ac chipsets, including combo BT devices > - 802.11ac related settings and functions > - concurrent AP+STA functionalities with single firmware per chip > - firmware APIs for the supported chipset > - communicating new mac80211 settings to firmware > - Different TX/RX datapath where applicable > - A-MSDU and A-MPDU > - Refined the code to establish BA streams > > Signed-off-by: David Lin <dlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> I applied this to the pending branch for kbuild bot to run it's tests. -- Sent by pwcli https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9201663/ -- 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
