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Re: [PATCH V2 00/18] rtw89: add Realtek 802.11ax driver

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Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This driver named rtw89, which is the next generation of rtw88, supports
> Realtek 8852AE 802.11ax 2x2 chip whose new features are OFDMA, DBCC,
> Spatial reuse, TWT and BSS coloring; now some of them aren't implemented
> though.
>
> The chip architecture is entirely different from the chips supported by
> rtw88 like RTL8822CE 802.11ac chip. First of all, register address ranges
> are totally redefined, so it's impossible to reuse register definition. To
> communicate with firmware, new H2C/C2H format is proposed. In order to have
> better utilization, TX DMA flow is changed to two stages DMA. To provide
> rich RX status information, additional RX PPDU packets are added.

Thanks for the good introduction. Do note that currently there are two
new drivers before rtw89, so reviewing this will most likely take some
time.

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