I follow the Linux-Wlireless list and today I see v2 of the Add support for Mediatek Wi-Fi7 driver mt7925 patchset flowing in.
Info from v1 can be read at the following:
https://lwn.net/Articles/939966/
Patch v2 0/17 reads as follows:
This series adds mt7925, a new mac80211 driver for MediaTek Wi-Fi 7
(802.11be) device Filogic 360, which can support Station, AP, P2P, and
monitor modes. Filogic 360 supports max 4096-QAM/160MHz radio operation at 6 GHz,
5 GHz, or 2.4 GHz with 2x2 antennas. This chip supports PCIe and USB bus type.
mt7925 supports Wi-Fi 6E and EHT rate with single link only at this moment,
whereas Wi-Fi 7 and its specific features are working in progress. They will be
introduced in further patches.
The driver is build tested by Intel's kernel test robot with both GCC and Clang
with several architecture. Sparse reports no warnings.
This gives us a more clear picture of where Mediatek is headed with USB Wireless. Things we now know:
- The mt7925 chipset will support a usb version of the chipset.
- This is a WiFi 7 capable chipset.
- It is capable of 160 Mhz channel width.
- This patchset will be going mainline in the not so distant future.
This is really exciting. It looks like we are going to have an in-kernel driver for our next generation of USB WiFi adapters before the adapters are on the market. This is twice in a row. Mediatek is acting like Intel and AMD. It looks like Mediatek has had all hands on deck to get this driver out of the door so no wonder some patches to mt7921u have been going in slowly.
@morrownr
I follow the Linux-Wlireless list and today I see v2 of the
Add support for Mediatek Wi-Fi7 driver mt7925patchset flowing in.Info from v1 can be read at the following:
https://lwn.net/Articles/939966/
Patch v2 0/17 reads as follows:
This series adds mt7925, a new mac80211 driver for MediaTek Wi-Fi 7
(802.11be) device Filogic 360, which can support Station, AP, P2P, and
monitor modes. Filogic 360 supports max 4096-QAM/160MHz radio operation at 6 GHz,
5 GHz, or 2.4 GHz with 2x2 antennas. This chip supports PCIe and USB bus type.
mt7925 supports Wi-Fi 6E and EHT rate with single link only at this moment,
whereas Wi-Fi 7 and its specific features are working in progress. They will be
introduced in further patches.
The driver is build tested by Intel's kernel test robot with both GCC and Clang
with several architecture. Sparse reports no warnings.
This gives us a more clear picture of where Mediatek is headed with USB Wireless. Things we now know:
This is really exciting. It looks like we are going to have an in-kernel driver for our next generation of USB WiFi adapters before the adapters are on the market. This is twice in a row. Mediatek is acting like Intel and AMD. It looks like Mediatek has had all hands on deck to get this driver out of the door so no wonder some patches to mt7921u have been going in slowly.
@morrownr