Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]:47884 "EHLO mail2.candelatech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751956AbbFDPun (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:50:43 -0400 Message-ID: <557073D2.4080704@candelatech.com> (sfid-20150604_175047_209498_25CC70D9) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:50:42 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Lin CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Pete Hsieh , Chor Teck Law Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwlwifi: Initial submission of wireless driver to mainline References: <141c66f2950e4832a2bd99064db75970@SC-EXCH02.marvell.com> In-Reply-To: <141c66f2950e4832a2bd99064db75970@SC-EXCH02.marvell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com