Hi all,
Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The work
was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
nurtured.
Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it
can be qualified for mainline.
This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We
will continue to maintain and enhance it.
We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
Regards,
David Lin (1):
Add new mac80211 driver mwlwifi.
drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/Makefile | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/Kconfig | 17 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/Makefile | 9 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_debug.c | 207 ++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_debug.h | 118 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_dev.h | 465 ++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwcmd.c | 3615 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwcmd.h | 184 ++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwdl.c | 218 ++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwdl.h | 29 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_mac80211.c | 877 +++++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_mac80211.h | 32 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_main.c | 1095 ++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_rx.c | 589 +++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_rx.h | 30 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_sysadpt.h | 64 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_tx.c | 892 +++++++
drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_tx.h | 34 +
19 files changed, 8478 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/Kconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/Makefile
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_debug.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_debug.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_dev.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwcmd.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwcmd.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwdl.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_fwdl.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_mac80211.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_mac80211.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_main.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_rx.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_rx.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_sysadpt.h
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_tx.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/mwlwifi/mwl_tx.h
--
1.9.1
> On 06/05/2015 12:29 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 06/04/2015 07:41 PM, David Lin wrote:
> >> On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The
> work
> >>> was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
> >>> https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
> >>> nurtured.
> >>>
> >>> Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it
> >>> can be qualified for mainline.
> >>>
> >>> This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
> >>> tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We
> >>> will continue to maintain and enhance it.
> >>>
> >>> We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
> >>
> >> Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
> >>
> >> Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
> >>
> > Support both 11b/g/a/n/ac AP mode, and STA mode (though the primary use
> > case is AP). Driver matches most features in mac80211 and
> > hostapd/supplicant. All basic securities mode have been validated.
> >
> > Yes, it will require firmware microcode. Matching "binary" is reprovided as a
> > separate .bin file(s) for each chip. Source codes of chip-dependent microcode
> > will not be provided.
>
> Can it do multiple virtual stations (and other virtual device combinations)?
>
> With ath10k, for instance, there is a complex firmware between the host and
> the NIC hardware, so any bugs and limitations in the firmware make it almost
> impossible to add interesting features or fix bugs w/out being able to modify
> the firmware source.
>
> Any comments on how 'thick' the marvell firmware is?
>
Yes, the partitioning technically allows multiple logical interfaces. However, this open source driver is not yet developed for many combinations, yet.
It is hard to comment about "thickness" of the firmware :) All (most?) 802.11 mgmt packets are handled in host driver. Think of microcode as part of hardware or controlling/abstracting the hardware.
Thanks,
David
>
> --
> Ben Greear <[email protected]>
> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The work
> was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
> https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
> nurtured.
>
> Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it
> can be qualified for mainline.
>
> This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
> tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We
> will continue to maintain and enhance it.
>
> We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
Thanks,
Ben
--
Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
> On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The work
> > was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
> > https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
> > nurtured.
> >
> > Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it can
> > be qualified for mainline.
> >
> > This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
> > tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We will
> > continue to maintain and enhance it.
> >
> > We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
>
> Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
>
> Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
>
Support both 11b/g/a/n/ac AP mode, and STA mode (though the primary use case is AP). Driver matches most features in mac80211 and hostapd/supplicant. All basic securities mode have been validated.
Yes, it will require firmware microcode. Matching "binary" is reprovided as a separate .bin file(s) for each chip. Source codes of chip-dependent microcode will not be provided.
Thanks,
David
Are there plans to add support for 802.11s mesh point mode?
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:09 AM, David Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 06/05/2015 12:29 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
>> On 06/04/2015 07:41 PM, David Lin wrote:
>> >> On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The
>> work
>> >>> was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
>> >>> https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
>> >>> nurtured.
>> >>>
>> >>> Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it
>> >>> can be qualified for mainline.
>> >>>
>> >>> This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
>> >>> tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We
>> >>> will continue to maintain and enhance it.
>> >>>
>> >>> We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
>> >>
>> >> Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
>> >>
>> >> Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
>> >>
>> > Support both 11b/g/a/n/ac AP mode, and STA mode (though the primary use
>> > case is AP). Driver matches most features in mac80211 and
>> > hostapd/supplicant. All basic securities mode have been validated.
>> >
>> > Yes, it will require firmware microcode. Matching "binary" is reprovided as a
>> > separate .bin file(s) for each chip. Source codes of chip-dependent microcode
>> > will not be provided.
>>
>> Can it do multiple virtual stations (and other virtual device combinations)?
>>
>> With ath10k, for instance, there is a complex firmware between the host and
>> the NIC hardware, so any bugs and limitations in the firmware make it almost
>> impossible to add interesting features or fix bugs w/out being able to modify
>> the firmware source.
>>
>> Any comments on how 'thick' the marvell firmware is?
>>
> Yes, the partitioning technically allows multiple logical interfaces. However, this open source driver is not yet developed for many combinations, yet.
>
> It is hard to comment about "thickness" of the firmware :) All (most?) 802.11 mgmt packets are handled in host driver. Think of microcode as part of hardware or controlling/abstracting the hardware.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>>
>> --
>> Ben Greear <[email protected]>
>> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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On 06/04/2015 07:41 PM, David Lin wrote:
>> On 06/03/2015 09:55 PM, David Lin wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Herewith, I am submitting the Linux driver for WRT1900AC. The work
>>> was initially developed as part of openwrt effort and maintained on
>>> https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi, thanks to the host where it is
>>> nurtured.
>>>
>>> Recently, I have also patched it to pass checkpatch.pl so that it can
>>> be qualified for mainline.
>>>
>>> This is still work in progress, with 8864 chipset more mature and
>>> tested, while 8897 for the similar use case is added recently. We will
>>> continue to maintain and enhance it.
>>>
>>> We hope the community will welcome this initial submission!
>>
>> Do you have any notes on what features this driver/NIC provides?
>>
>> Does it require firmware, and if so, is source available?
>>
> Support both 11b/g/a/n/ac AP mode, and STA mode (though the primary use case is AP). Driver matches most features in mac80211 and hostapd/supplicant. All basic securities mode have been validated.
>
> Yes, it will require firmware microcode. Matching "binary" is reprovided as a separate .bin file(s) for each chip. Source codes of chip-dependent microcode will not be provided.
Can it do multiple virtual stations (and other virtual device combinations)?
With ath10k, for instance, there is a complex firmware between the host
and the NIC hardware, so any bugs and limitations in the firmware make
it almost impossible to add interesting features or fix bugs w/out being able to modify
the firmware source.
Any comments on how 'thick' the marvell firmware is?
Thanks,
Ben
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
--
Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com