Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 23:33:08 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: driesm.michiels@gmail.com, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Current state of recent wireless cards Message-ID: <20200710233308.b27284cd15dec5849fb5cc32@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFC648B-1A32-4FF3-AC98-23A2B93732D5@FreeBSD.org> References: <000501d655e3$90c40170$b24c0450$@gmail.com> <CAFC648B-1A32-4FF3-AC98-23A2B93732D5@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:36:59 +0000 "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 9 Jul 2020, at 11:24, driesm.michiels@gmail.com wrote: >=20 > Hi Dreis, >=20 > > I was wondering what the current state of the following wireless cards= =20 > > is: > > > > * Intel Wireless-AC 9560 (T490 wifi card) > > * Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (T14 wifi card) >=20 > I am currently working under FreeBSD Foundation Sponsorship to get us=20 > full Intel HW support for all the new cards and up to 11ac wireless. >=20 > The first half is done ( see=20 > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2020-July/009233.htm= l=20 > ) which is the PCI attachments work, the firmware loads and starts. That's a bit optimistic that attach and firmware loading is half of the work no ? I don't know how much linuxkpi layer is needed for 80211 compat but I guess it's "a lot" ? > Now=20 > there?s a dual-case to be finished: net80211 11ac infrastructure to=20 > finish, which Adrian has started the last years, and we?ll see how=20 > much of a Linux compat layer we?ll manage to have (which would also=20 > help other drivers to be ported over more easily). =20 IIRC Linux have multiple 80211 framework no ? I guess your work only focus on one (used by iwlwifi), do you know how many drivers used the same one ? What about FullMAC drivers like the SDIO broadcom one used in many ARM SBC, is that using the same framework ? > The hope is that we?ll have full 11ac before the end of the year. Hope or goal ? :) > > But besides that and AX support for the future I don't see any extra=20 > > value. >=20 > I cannot say anything about 11ax yet, but certainly once 11ac is done=20 > that?s on the roadmap. >=20 >=20 > /bz >=20 > PS: I?d be careful with assuming that all the 9560s are supported;=20 > depends on the chipset; if it is, yes 11g still. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" --=20 Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
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