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| === LinuxKPI 802.11 and Native Wireless Update | |||||||||||
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| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/33[802.11ac support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/33[] + | |||||||||||
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| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/64[LinuxKPI TKIP and GCMP support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/64[] + | |||||||||||
| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/58[LinuxKPI wireless suspend and resume] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/58[] + | |||||||||||
| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/66[MedaiTek mt76 PCI driver support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/66[] + | |||||||||||
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| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/34[802.11ax support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/34[] + | |||||||||||
| link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/79[net80211 updates] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/79[] + | |||||||||||
| link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=277512&hide_resolved=1[Tracked wireless PRs] URL:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=277512&hide_resolved=1[] | |||||||||||
| Contact: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> + | |||||||||||
| Contact: The FreeBSD wireless mailing list <wireless@FreeBSD.org> | |||||||||||
| This report focuses on the efforts using permissively licensed Linux wireless drivers, mostly unmodified, on FreeBSD, as well as preparing the native net80211 stack for support of newer standards. | |||||||||||
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| As announced man:iwlwififw[4] was removed from the source tree in favor of a ports/package based solution. | |||||||||||
| Users are asked to use man:fwget[8] to automatically install the firmware along with any possible configuration. | |||||||||||
| Support for man:wlan_tkip[4] was added to man:linuxkpi[4] but has to be manually enabled. | |||||||||||
| man:wlan_gcmp[4] support for man:linuxkpi[4] followed later and is available from FreeBSD 15 onward. | |||||||||||
| FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is the first release with VHT (802.11ac) support available. | |||||||||||
| Modern man:iwlwifi[4] chipsets are supported. | |||||||||||
| There was some fallout after the release and a few open problems, but also a lot of positive feedback. | |||||||||||
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| man:rtw88[4] saw a fix for a NULL pointer in the driver and is now starting to be usable. | |||||||||||
| Thanks to everyone who helped to track this down and test patches along the way. | |||||||||||
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| Work on suspend and resume for LinuxKPI bases wireless drivers was picked up again, and we are getting closer to a working solution (at least for suspend it now exists). | |||||||||||
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| Work is also ongoing for Mediatek mt76 based PCIe card support. | |||||||||||
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| HE (802.11ax) definitions were migrated from man:linuxkpi[4] to native net80211 code and corrected. | |||||||||||
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| man:ifconfig[8] was enhanced parsing more information elements to aid debugging. | |||||||||||
| Work is in progress to fix a problem with reporting signal strength and dealing with RSSI. | |||||||||||
| Further fixes to LinuxKPI and resolving the problems we worked around by improving native net80211 code are in the works. | |||||||||||
| Lastly, various man pages were improved or written. | |||||||||||
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| Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation | |||||||||||
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