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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:20:38 -0000 > > I think Adrian might still be working on it with athp and I am currently > trying > to finish two drivers for FreeBSD (and possibly add a 3rd one) and then > would > like to do whatever needs to be done to get us ac/ad/ax and by that time > probably ay support. > > /bz > How difficult would it be to leverage the drivers in the Linux kernel like we are doing now with AMD and Intel drivers for graphics? I foresee the same issue in the wireless stack: Not enough people and fast moving hardware. If this is even feasible with network components.