From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Fri May 22 13:20:51 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FBF72C8256 for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49T6Yv3KFLz4Jh0; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mx1.sbone.de (cross.sbone.de [195.201.62.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx1.sbone.de", Issuer "SBone.DE" (not verified)) (Authenticated sender: bz/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5369023E40; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.sbone.de (mail.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5190C8D4A216; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1F8DE708B9; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sbone.de Received: from mail.sbone.de ([IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) by content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id E5RLs8Ud060y; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [169.254.19.139] (unknown [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:4902:c407:191e:bd60:82a7]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95335E708B8; Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:48 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" To: "Dave Jones" Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status-report 11ac, Intel Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:47 +0000 X-Mailer: MailMate (2.0BETAr6146) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <20200506020702.GA45248@ns.kevlo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:20:51 -0000 On 6 May 2020, at 2:13, Dave Jones wrote: Hi Dave, > Thanks for the update. For me I only care about the wifi on RPi. > Could you tell us what the current status about Broadcom fullmac wifi > support [1]? > It's weird that it have been developed for almost a year, without any = > patch > available. > > [1] > https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2019-04-2019-06.html#FreeBSD= -SDIO-and-Broadcom-FullMAC-WiFi-Support The work for the Broadcom FullMAC was done based on some sponsorship in = early 2019. The SDIO parts done as part of the work last year went into the tree = early June. I had planned and promised to finish the Broadcom driver on my own time = and while I continued to work on it =E2=80=94 as I previously mentioned =E2= =80=94 = real life came into my way and the last year wasn=E2=80=99t exactly easy = and I = am thankful for all the people who helped and understood in these days. The Broadcom driver is not part of the current sponsorship (though I am = sure it will equally benefit from it). I do need and want that driver for myself, especially as MMCCAM is = available beyond the RPi, and it is still on my personal TODO list to = finish and I am sorry it is not yet. Bjoern