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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/16] Add MediaTek IEEE 802.11ax devices - MT7915E
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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:48:45 +0300
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        message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:51:15 +0800")
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Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com> writes:

> MT7915E is the latest generation IEEE 802.11ax NIC in MediaTek, which
> currently supports AP, Station and Mesh mode.
>
> Even though some code of MT7915[1] are similar to MT7615. New generation has: 
> - Huge amounts of HE dedicated parts.
> - New designs of PHY/firmware/DMA scheme.
> - Most fields of txd/txs/rxd/rxv are rearranged or deprecated.
> - Support much more offloading stuff.
>
> Most importantly, for the sake of convenience to get family devices supported
> in the future, it was concluded to be simpler to have a clean start for this
> generation. This makes maintenance easier and avoids major changes in MT7615,
> which currently shares the codes with low power capable device MT7663. It will
> increase the risk of regressions in existing flow.
>
> MT7915 supports only basic HE for the moment, whereas other 802.11ax specific
> features, such as BSS color, TWT, SR, DCM and OFDMA are work in progress,
> and will be gradually added in upcoming days.
>
> The firmwares are available now from https://github.com/ryderlee1110/wireless-fw ,
> and will be submitted soon. At last, the developers are all listed in the series.
>
> [1] https://www.mediatek.com/blog/mediatek-mt7915-wi-fi-6-wave-1-chipset-builds-in-a-range-of-industry-firsts 
>
> Thanks,
> Ryder
>
> Changes since v1 -
> - list a missing developer.
> - drop unused codes in the hw_tx_amsdu patch.
> - add a missing bitwidth change of wcid.
> - add more TODO items in the driver.

This patchset should be marked as v2, no big deal but just a
clarification. I did have few comments on the real v1 though, please
take a look.

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