Return-path: Received: from arrakis.dune.hu ([78.24.191.176]:39399 "EHLO arrakis.dune.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753248AbaKLVEs (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:04:48 -0500 Message-ID: <5463CB6C.3030204@openwrt.org> (sfid-20141112_220451_588182_0D82C04E) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:04:44 +0100 From: Felix Fietkau MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oleksij Rempel , Arend van Spriel , "John W. Linville" CC: Etna , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MediaTek WiFi hardware support in upstream kernel References: <544DB5A8.7090405@openmailbox.org> <20141027152026.GB19976@tuxdriver.com> <544E8CB4.3000607@rempel-privat.de> <20141028134608.GA26283@tuxdriver.com> <544FA303.5060303@broadcom.com> <544FA627.3000004@rempel-privat.de> <5450BEB2.60208@openwrt.org> <5461F937.9060004@rempel-privat.de> In-Reply-To: <5461F937.9060004@rempel-privat.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2014-11-11 12:55, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > Am 29.10.2014 um 11:17 schrieb Felix Fietkau: >> Hi Hackers, >> >> Just a quick heads up: >> I'm working on a new driver for MT7662E/MT7612E, written from scratch. >> It is already able to bring up the firmware, init the MAC and do basic >> TX/RX DMA communication with the firmware. >> I've decided to not integrate it with rt2x00, because I want to avoid >> dealing with the the unnecessarily convoluted abstractions and legacy >> code in there. I believe the result will be simpler and easier to >> maintain as a new driver. >> As soon as the basic structure is in place, I will put it on a public >> git tree and post a link here. >> >> - Felix > > Which chip would you suggest for starting? The chips I'm working with are both MT7662 and MT7612. My driver already works as a simple AP or station in 802.11n mode with some limited aggregation support. I'm getting around 45-50 Mbit/s TCP throughput on HT20 with iperf. I will post code soon, stay tuned! - Felix