On 7 March 2017 at 11:07, Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/07/2017 12:19 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> On 01/09/2017 10:07 AM, igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>> From: Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> This patch adds support for new FullMAC WiFi driver for Quantenna >>> QSR10G chipsets. >>> >>> QSR10G (aka Pearl) is Quantenna's 8x8, 160M, 11ac offering. >>> QSR10G supports 2 simultaneous WMACs - one 5G and one 2G. >>> 5G WMAC supports 160M, 8x8 configuration. FW supports >>> up to 8 concurrent virtual interfaces on each WMAC. >>> >>> Patch introduces 2 new drivers: >>> - qtnfmac.ko for interfacing with kernel wireless core >>> - qtnfmac_pearl_pcie.ko for interfacing with hardware over PCIe interface >> >> >> Hi, what's the state of this patch? Kalle I see it in your pending branch, >> could you give me/us a hint what does it mean, please? > > > Hi Rafal, we will be submitting V5 soon addressing your comments and adding > option to "boot from internal flash" rather then from PCIe. > >> >> I've also one not-strictly-related question. What about other chipsets >> support? >> I'm mostly interested in QT3840BC which can be found in few home routers >> that >> OpenWrt/LEDE could support. >> Can they be supported with submitted core code and just an additional bus >> driver? > > > Yes, this is a previous generation SoC, we already have support for those > with additional bus driver which we plan to submit as a followup patch, > after first one is accepted. > But support is only for SoCs' connected with host system over PCIe bus, I'm > not sure which product you're interested in exactly: if it uses RGMII > interface to interface QT3840BC with host CPU then it basically looks like a > simple ETH to host. Not much we can do to support FullMAC driver in this > case. I was interested in supporting ASUS RT-AC87U and maybe Netgear R7500. According to the https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-AC87U ASUS indeed uses some RGMII interface, I'll need to look for more details first. Thanks for looking at this.
