Is there a public repository where I can track development for this driver? Thanks, Zero On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 4:04 AM <yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > This is a new mac80211 driver for Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips. > rtwlan supports 8822BE and 8822CE chips, and will be able to support > multi-vif combinations in run-time. > > For now, only PCI bus is supported, but rtwlan was originally designed > to optionally support three buses includes USB & SDIO. USB & SDIO modules > will soon be supported by rtwlan, with configurable core module to fit > with different bus modules in the same time. > > For example, if we choose 8822BE and 8822CU, only PCI & USB modules will > be selected, built, loaded into kernel. This is one of the major > difference from rtlwifi, which can only support specific combinations. > > Another difference from rtlwifi is that rtwlan is designed to support > the latest Realtek 802.11ac wireless network chips like 8822B and > 8822C series. Compared to the earlier chips supported by rtlwifi like > the 802.11n 8192EE chipset or 802.11ac 8821AE/8812AE chips, newer ICs > have different MAC & PHY settings, such as new multi-port feature for the > MAC layer design and Jaguar2/Jaguar3 PHY layer IPs. > > Multi-Port feature is also supported under rtwlan's software architecture. > rtlwifi can only support one vif in the same time, most because of the > hardware limitations for early chips, hence the original design of it > also restricts the usage of multi-vif support, so latest chipset seems not > take advantages from its new MAC engine. > > However, rtwlan can run multiple vifs concurrently by holding them on > hardware ports provided by MAC engine, hence can easily start different > roles on a single device. > > Based on the reasons mentioned before, we implemented rtwlan. It had many > authors, they are listed here alphabetically: > > Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Tzu-En Huang <tehuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Yan-Hsuan Chuang <yhchuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > v2 > > - rename from rtwlan to rtw88 > - remove lots of magic numbers > - add pci null entry for auto load on boot > - add rtwdev->mutex to protect against mac80211 callbacks > - add rcu lock protection for vif_list and sta_list > - refine bits & endian macros to use helper functions provided by kernel > instead of create new ones > - ieee80211_free_txskb for tx path dropped packets > - not register iface_combination since now only one vif is allowed > - some fixes suggested by Stanislaw > > > Yan-Hsuan Chuang (12): > rtw88: main files > rtw88: core files > rtw88: hci files > rtw88: trx files > rtw88: mac files > rtw88: fw and efuse files > rtw88: phy files > rtw88: debug files > rtw88: chip files > rtw88: 8822B init table > rtw88: 8822C init table > rtw88: Kconfig & Makefile > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/Kconfig | 57 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/Makefile | 19 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/debug.c | 652 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/debug.h | 45 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/efuse.c | 150 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/efuse.h | 53 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 638 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.h | 182 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h | 212 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c | 1045 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.h | 35 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c | 482 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c | 1133 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h | 1200 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 1220 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h | 228 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.c | 1675 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.h | 125 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/ps.c | 198 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/ps.h | 21 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/reg.h | 404 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/regd.c | 462 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/regd.h | 40 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b.c | 1593 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b.h | 271 + > .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b_table.c | 20783 +++++++++++++++++++ > .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b_table.h | 18 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c.c | 1170 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c.h | 416 + > .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c_table.c | 4150 ++++ > .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c_table.h | 16 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c | 144 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.h | 30 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sec.c | 135 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sec.h | 40 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c | 271 + > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.h | 81 + > 39 files changed, 39396 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/Kconfig > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/Makefile > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/debug.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/debug.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/efuse.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/efuse.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/ps.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/ps.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/reg.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/regd.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/regd.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b_table.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822b_table.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c_table.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822c_table.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sec.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sec.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c > create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.h > > -- > 2.7.4 >
