From nobody Tue Apr 15 10:59:22 2025 X-Original-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ZcLkz3DT2z5swRY for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (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 "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R10" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ZcLky5SZCz3yfg; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1744714762; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jZDXamGVCxUv5N0IA54P0I48kvBnfa1VjpqT2SDiUnE=; b=pWTtT936u27d+wNFnmzKxEeaXjvYDeWgvyib68dkpaozMg78J13nXtLk5eyhaZdEqW7Bq1 9UBIdA56uELqDGq6+4DB80AE9jMInGXwzR9o8DC0YwELl4Xo8D5HqDQuMo9c1fDTiD6VrL 4wshCpf1yLSxsYQ4wgi/NURIB9GPyZaIoNlEQpi8PuXHx2/hOHs+7MFoR3GlAxnreV43Hf 3fgeZwAkQdCs+Z4Fx0nFApyWNT6Zti/HUL1jycgInoHmZbcIZSLAJASk/oSmatqvwNK+uL jCl169oinVgx+c++GZnKCDO/NiWDUnqLdyzEbzFE67rH8JZn3JjxNYk5lV5HGg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1744714762; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=tfvu/Ca22mKQ+Tmcd4wjV8elJn7RylIWAsOe1S2HJD1OkTcx2LfRl9m2PJX3jAplVRe6fN aMiiqIzt/J90IjtgNpzDyLm/HLIacDx624qgaPU3/3VT+hWmPbz0qtTmEOvgOJ0vVmv5Mo Qh5euP8CFZgQ8SpLEbT5M6Hwodk990YfL2gCJtyEHkr1hCFafwOj4ITLt73F7f9axvVNUJ k5LTH3Fx8Xl6KwviMT3tlVJYDHNO0J/0Va/iTU4HJ0Gd0AKENZbVzJiJGrPxk4Ga5yV//0 n3PnRs8IqIWFpbEJn5KYnyTJy6FxEsdi4VFs1Q+o414u+KzItiRDGlJLOTp7Lw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1744714762; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jZDXamGVCxUv5N0IA54P0I48kvBnfa1VjpqT2SDiUnE=; b=k0tymrjh+np9/als1D+qvtUgP3HSQV62aH3tQQ8QPgMIXXRoZ0edunJvNobv5NvzcxtIfF gG5QPWLMmpDsS7XBh5VNCten+g+DwDnfHAg6dOJWKz8yW/eMIVUuKo1rFXk8Ju3dUWdNyE /SZ1PaAIcy0hYy/LnYqvpXfuTmM2rkjc8Nwsbgx9vdHBu6qfAZ4sLTr1wp8ChyWG0sWG6I XeBshvLWL8z1OqG3QRHSaysrAUmk5rxjnsJix9L/GVIoXNhSd2yy7pCeh0BoEzIxigLxCo wG38Y1R7nJGfkD8OcgDVesHf+lnttUmiHl4ry1RsMk3hZGF/V9PvpglaJcUOhg== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (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 did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ZcLky4TsjzVb5; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTP id 53FAxMBZ073097; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:22 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 53FAxM66073094; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:22 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:59:22 GMT Message-Id: <202504151059.53FAxM66073094@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Lorenzo Salvadore Subject: git: 1f282b0683 - main - Status/2025Q1/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: salvadore X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 1f282b0683c60a91b76b4ff8170112a5a67e4da5 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=1f282b0683c60a91b76b4ff8170112a5a67e4da5 commit 1f282b0683c60a91b76b4ff8170112a5a67e4da5 Author: Bjoern A. Zeeb AuthorDate: 2025-04-15 10:21:18 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore CommitDate: 2025-04-15 10:59:18 +0000 Status/2025Q1/lkpi-wireless.adoc: Add report Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49694 --- .../report-2025-01-2025-03/lkpi-wireless.adoc | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/lkpi-wireless.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/lkpi-wireless.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8ba182ee6a --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/lkpi-wireless.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +=== LinuxKPI 802.11 Wireless Update + +Contact: Bjoern A. Zeeb + +Contact: The FreeBSD wireless mailing list + +With multiple wireless projects ongoing, this report focuses on the efforts using permissively licensed Linux wireless drivers mostly unmodified on FreeBSD. +The currently supported drivers are man:iwlwifi[4], man:rtw88[4], and man:rtw89[4]. + +The man:rtw88[4] driver was made to work (associate) again (link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=283142[Bugzilla PR#283142]). +In addition, thanks to the massive help debugging and testing by the community, the cause for leaking memory got resolved (link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=283903[Bugzilla PR#283903]). + +Tunables to selectively control HT and VHT support in man:rtw88[4], and man:rtw89[4] were added. +HW crypto offload was enabled by default for CCMP. +It turns out that a lot of users are still using TKIP. +Work is in on the way to support this and will hopefully land early in Q2. + +HT (11n) and VHT (11ac) support are now also compiled in by default for the LinuxKPI based drivers. +The drivers and entire framework changes were merged from main to stable/14 so both branches have the same level of support. + +People installing firmware using man:fwget[8] will get HT and VHT automatically enabled for man:iwlwifi[4] 2200 (mostly AX200), AX210, and BE200 chipset generations. +Older man:iwlwifi[4] chipset generations, man:rtw88[4], and man:rtw89[4] will need extra work in LinuxKPI or the driver to provide working support. + +It was announced that man:iwlwififw[4] will follow man:rtw88[4], and man:rtw89[4] firmware and be removed from the base system in April 2025 for both main and stable/14 in favor of the ports based solution and man:fwget[8] support (link:https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-March/002763.html[Announcement]). + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation