From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Tue May 23 15:18:04 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@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 6A995D7A1D2 for ; Tue, 23 May 2017 15:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x235.google.com (mail-wm0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::235]) (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 147ED16D3; Tue, 23 May 2017 15:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x235.google.com with SMTP id 7so28508507wmo.1; Tue, 23 May 2017 08:18:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=84JWi2OBZcSOio7NclvLKt6MrTR3N2JH6OWkdRqQYL8=; b=tHtxdCdQdBJgnaMnoxKyAVWqTiAO56l40QAhDSAJnk11laZEYCWs4vVQvHfqtToihR tnhfTJEDqvnG/FUKAoKNbmHy4nKI4xoAjpPB6uUUZbskpFyBSuGNEh+8HeeIVJger0Xg rnSyNE5YbYNk+y6PHOUhN89tabN/fwN6v0EaZfuppX1e48JtsF8zEeoz/hGaoStKi0fO hWVZ36hhMYqb40JOUSxXhciz3dnwAG8x3iqHSomCPRtd3L/u6qkdh7gZT83XkVkoIrVV ICkS5+LygIjI2J83vo9XifYjNVtP3NuoPC7gZzU3BOQzcPiV58MdYo5rgmnyCsy0hHos VayQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=84JWi2OBZcSOio7NclvLKt6MrTR3N2JH6OWkdRqQYL8=; b=qFUnNi2qicR/eNWoxtDuzMdBa7gWAohuwq0fX0XX1M6xE+/rj3Yzodd/bdEuzdbvXV I17ROfBUsw8Z9NHdSbqiulm08i7272T0HUl8K00DgK6rZe6TUwi4UMY5JD6IfSg4LQyP PLXPWDoDSpqX8u/uGMlYpnepehq6FgAxD3gF4DiAu64kJpFG8WrJ+9S5qrCUTNdStJIj j1SFcbaZRXjDtaQ68RftjgXKyCoo/udPAsOvMtXb7Xz4dVGByvI8paOY4s2u9QqLuaM+ +EhIU1rW+1hxD2WEO54YB7DYnVjRUrNVrboGX1Tsz8It+sTF1b2YAmVcBLBBuBZ9Wyuf jzLQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcCL7NgqhOO33iGq/syIASAvApnnlYk7GC6pz9WgdRjq+bjidIhi aRQAnmQP1vdhu7vQR5fziz4fDcm1CLtC X-Received: by 10.28.10.6 with SMTP id 6mr2823164wmk.5.1495552681186; Tue, 23 May 2017 08:18:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.193.134 with HTTP; Tue, 23 May 2017 08:18:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4422984a-ab73-f566-1bef-d7570489b44d@FreeBSD.org> References: <4422984a-ab73-f566-1bef-d7570489b44d@FreeBSD.org> From: Adrian Chadd Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 08:18:00 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Status of QCA9882 support? To: Lev Serebryakov Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:18:04 -0000 hiya, I still recommend sticking with the AR9280. The QCA988x 11ac stuff is coming, but I wouldn't at all recommend trying my driver out in hostap mode. It's a sufficiently different card (ie requires firmware API) that it requires a new driver. (Do buy one to do some local testing though!) I'm chipping away at it.. :-) -adrian On 23 May 2017 at 07:35, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > > I want to buy some new MiniPCIe WiFi adapters to make ny home network > dual-banded (now I'm using one SR71-E from Ubiquiti, which is 9280). > > Could I buy QCA9882-based card? Will it work right now with -CURRENT? I > don't speak about 802.11ac, 802.11n will be Ok right now, but can I > bought new hardware to have new standards in future, or should I buy > another 9280-based card? > > Thank you. > > -- > // Lev Serebryakov >