Re: Update of github "bz_wifi_drv_update" branch (all drivers updated to Linux v6.8)

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024, void wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:00:30PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> 
>> In case you want to test an updated iwlwifi (incl. d3 compilable),
>> rtw88, rtw89, or ath10k please do and let us know.  It would help a lot
>> for merging it into the tree.
>> 
>> fd90bf90e67c rtw88: import driver based on Linux 6.8
>
> As these are LinuxKPI, are they usable in arm64.aarch64 ?
>
> I have an asus ac-53u nano wifi usb nib I'd like to get working
> on a rpi4 with -current. Possible?
>
> Linux will run it according to
> https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0b05-184c using 
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822bu.c

There is no USB support yet, given the USB support in LinuxKPI more than
a adecade ago was intermangled into native support and doesn't allow us
to extend it;  it needs a good re-write;  also almost nothing uses it
anymore these days so it could be done without breaking too much.

I had a talk with Hans in Vienna in 2022 about it about how to proceed.

I ripped things apart and made it compile, but that disconnected the
LinuxKPI from the actual USB stack and so far no one has done the works
to finish this.

I do have multiple USB rtw88 (and rtw89) sticks as well to test and keep
importing the USB bits into FreeBSD, as I assumed they'll be the new
"urun"/"urtwn" at some point.

Let me know if you want to hack a bit on this and I'll go and find the
old prototype.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7