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Zeeb" Subject: git: 3d97699130 - main - Status/2025Q4-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc: Add report List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: bz X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 3d97699130203770b142a4155a46fc4b832d863d Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by bz: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=3d97699130203770b142a4155a46fc4b832d863d commit 3d97699130203770b142a4155a46fc4b832d863d Author: Bjoern A. Zeeb AuthorDate: 2025-07-02 20:46:35 +0000 Commit: Bjoern A. Zeeb CommitDate: 2025-07-14 07:55:30 +0000 Status/2025Q4-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc: Add report Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Reviewed by: pauamma_gundo.com, freebsd_ny-central.org, salvadore Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51135 --- .../report-2025-04-2025-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..85858bb08f --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/lkpi-wireless.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +=== LinuxKPI 802.11 and Native Wireless Update + +Links: + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/33[802.11ac support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/33[] + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/64[LinuxKPI TKIP and GCMP support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/64[] + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/58[LinuxKPI wireless suspend and resume] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/58[] + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/66[MediaTek mt76 PCI driver support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/66[] + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/34[802.11ax support] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/34[] + +link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/79[net80211 updates] URL:link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/79[] + +link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=277512&hide_resolved=1[Tracked wireless PRs] URL:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=277512&hide_resolved=1[] + +Contact: Bjoern A. Zeeb + +Contact: The FreeBSD wireless mailing list + +This report focuses on the efforts using permissively licensed Linux wireless drivers, mostly unmodified, on FreeBSD, as well as preparing the native net80211 stack for support of newer standards. + +As announced man:iwlwififw[4] was removed from the source tree in favor of a ports/package based solution. +Users are asked to use man:fwget[8] to automatically install the firmware along with any possible configuration. + +Support for man:wlan_tkip[4] was added to man:linuxkpi[4] but has to be manually enabled. +man:wlan_gcmp[4] support for man:linuxkpi[4] followed later and is available from FreeBSD 15 onward. + +FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is the first release with VHT (802.11ac) support available. +Modern man:iwlwifi[4] chipsets are supported. +There was some fallout after the release and a few open problems, but also a lot of positive feedback. + +man:rtw88[4] saw a fix for a NULL pointer in the driver and is now starting to be usable. +Thanks to everyone who helped track this down and test patches along the way. + +Work on suspend and resume for LinuxKPI-based wireless drivers was picked up again, and we are getting closer to a working solution (at least for suspend it now exists). + +Work is also ongoing for Mediatek mt76-based PCIe card support. + +HE (802.11ax) definitions were migrated from man:linuxkpi[4] to native net80211 code and corrected. +man:ifconfig[8] was enhanced parsing more information elements to aid debugging. +Work is in progress to fix a problem with reporting signal strength and dealing with RSSI. + +Further fixes to LinuxKPI and resolving the problems we worked around by improving native net80211 code are in the works. + +Lastly, various man pages were improved or written. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation