From owner-freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Mon Aug 8 16:22:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E3EBB152A for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2016 16:22:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x229.google.com (mail-it0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2ECF916BD for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2016 16:22:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x229.google.com with SMTP id x130so78213502ite.1 for ; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=4awEPqx8Su34iKWPSH/LHEQcKJUMRwdnmclHBcDNV3k=; b=HdBHichQ6TzSJBKMYXEpLB/7n3/+sj5PCK2BSs+Kc24cMTHpaRyZ2IQt9vpb1QUXbk SGhGAmXrZ0nZe0UAuX0TFoZNcHVfXTkzE8hC0gfSAWb+7OwWHrmgduPnZRACza1dTXxB VdM6KZ+bvGaxNC9U2U/N2aFAiXWbj/fYk4bDjtS+gmZpluWc6Nw1OveADau6E9aVa8bF KwrU1ZGaQ18TZNbNR89x2ghCYGJCUyw4d+RpjwMoHwvVoiUeOQ18b6Txiz+A1cYQVFU7 6Ght2xNSI5080lm0lEA8kmAmwc+JQCdJV9M2JqG6aZjGOhxI2PtDFkAbgTUjFb620DYy IQsQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4awEPqx8Su34iKWPSH/LHEQcKJUMRwdnmclHBcDNV3k=; b=jQa1PzxdMQKLJdSQdbGOyDU/tKTBJ2dMI0m6+rfXAvtypE+Kp3EeaeBenxalvwyloe s37RMa6Sai28EWnnRmCOWQaVvARK86omUN4Tiq4HOCzFBsLPRPYVLaZk0oDbRGHHq4Ih X7fGpoo62UnY7YKnAkqPQdWreghfGHRPPiKcBAJlvAYFviAPoLFjGc/3SRW449NnsWxu SRtA+cHJRV4E4pgfp9CFqiG3/jX7WGSSHdwS4gY7Mo3Z1IbvroZqPJBqpuunr+zu/uJm mBBFPyzHtqUGIqTt3YgI433kxjtuOWBESIsgHlU6C7xx0YnnXejc6E01su6vlHjnjOOQ cQUw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouurGsjaECUHZueJz3bKP0td+iGEwuc7suXNsX8e5cVIHEpKDxXKPIqQejhriKAO84X7FAY2pC8FRMhLvA== X-Received: by 10.36.150.70 with SMTP id z67mr17878850itd.80.1470673358527; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:22:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.141.129 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:22:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Adrian Chadd Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:22:37 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wEuOS3aBGrTWEP4SqdW5fTxnCJs Message-ID: Subject: Re: MT7688AN vs QCA4531 To: Heikki Suonsivu Cc: "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:22:39 -0000 On 8 August 2016 at 05:54, Heikki Suonsivu wrote: > I have been comparing MT7688(AN) and QCA4531 for a project. > > For MT7688 it seems that WLAN support is not yet done? Older drivers > for Ralink chipsets weren's as good as what atheros drivers generally > are, has there been any progress? the 11ac drivet from openwrt (mt76) hasn't been ported to BSD, and the if_ral driver hasn't been updated for the newer chips. > > For QCA4531, I could not find any references on FreeBSD running on it, > though it is continuation of earlier Atheros WLAN chipsets, it might be > relatively easy to get up and running? > > Both are roughly in same price and capability range. Any other chips I > should look at? Is that dragonfly? I haven't yet done the SoC/wifi bits for dragonfly. I've done them for Honeybee, but not Dragonfly. (If someone has a board with the QCA Dragonfly SoC on it then let me know and I'll go acquire one to do the port with.) thanks, -adrian