Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f179.google.com ([209.85.212.179]:32903 "EHLO mail-wi0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754751AbbEUNiE (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 May 2015 09:38:04 -0400 Received: by wicmx19 with SMTP id mx19so13295209wic.0 for ; Thu, 21 May 2015 06:38:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <555DDFB7.9060705@gmail.com> (sfid-20150521_153809_660840_75B917E1) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:37:59 +0200 From: poma MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?SmFrdWIgS2ljacWEc2tp?= CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry Finger , Felix Fietkau , Oleksij Rempel , kubakici@wp.pl, "John W. Linville" , Etna , Stanislaw Gruszka , "users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com" 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> <5463CB6C.3030204@openwrt.org> <5463D28F.9080106@lwfinger.net> <20150206182915.7467bac7@north> <54EF261E.4040109@gmail.com> <20150226154028.380b96f2@north> <55592C54.6010204@gmail.com> <555CBEFC.50902@gmail.com> <20150520191428.42e9a3ec@north> In-Reply-To: <20150520191428.42e9a3ec@north> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 20.05.2015 19:14, Jakub Kiciński wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2015 19:06:04 +0200, poma wrote: >> With the script 'mt7601u-fw-install' can be initiated the download and installation of the required firmware, >> though it would be optimal to resolve it in the following manner: >> >> In OpenWrt repo - mt76 - mac80211 driver for MediaTek MT76x2 802.11ac chips >> https://github.com/openwrt/mt76 >> >> there is a license file together with firmwares: >> https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/blob/master/firmware >> >> >> Whether the same can be done with: >> mt7601u - Linux mac80211-based driver for Mediatek MT7601U USB bgn WiFi dongle >> https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u >> ? > > I will ask MediaTek to send firmware to linux-firmware.git once the > driver passes review and is accepted to mainline. > Yeah, the foundation is already there: linux-firmware: Add firmware files for mtk mt7630/mt7650 chipsets http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=8267525 Good luck.