Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:47 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> To: "Dave Jones" <s.dave.jones@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status-report 11ac, Intel Message-ID: <A7C93068-6AC2-468E-95B5-A8DB5C74EC0B@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CANf5e8Yb0uY2WKXBmcBm-YSQ0C4nVxz0Ciu2J8ZHxnKijhCSyQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200506020702.GA45248@ns.kevlo.org> <CANf5e8Yb0uY2WKXBmcBm-YSQ0C4nVxz0Ciu2J8ZHxnKijhCSyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6 May 2020, at 2:13, Dave Jones wrote: Hi Dave, > Thanks for the update. For me I only care about the wifi on RPi. > Could you tell us what the current status about Broadcom fullmac wifi > support [1]? > It's weird that it have been developed for almost a year, without any = > patch > available. > > [1] > https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2019-04-2019-06.html#FreeBSD= -SDIO-and-Broadcom-FullMAC-WiFi-Support The work for the Broadcom FullMAC was done based on some sponsorship in = early 2019. The SDIO parts done as part of the work last year went into the tree = early June. I had planned and promised to finish the Broadcom driver on my own time = and while I continued to work on it =E2=80=94 as I previously mentioned =E2= =80=94 = real life came into my way and the last year wasn=E2=80=99t exactly easy = and I = am thankful for all the people who helped and understood in these days. The Broadcom driver is not part of the current sponsorship (though I am = sure it will equally benefit from it). I do need and want that driver for myself, especially as MMCCAM is = available beyond the RPi, and it is still on my personal TODO list to = finish and I am sorry it is not yet. Bjoern
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