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From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:45:35 UTC
The branch main has been updated by bz:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=2804d7abd500adf6f5c36ecfb5cb2a8d28e71cb6

commit 2804d7abd500adf6f5c36ecfb5cb2a8d28e71cb6
Author:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-09-30 22:06:03 +0000
Commit:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-10-04 15:44:01 +0000

    LinuxKPI based wireless status update.
    
    Reviewed by:    salvadore
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52809
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+=== LinuxKPI 802.11 and Native Wireless Update
+
+Contact: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> +
+Contact: The FreeBSD wireless mailing list <wireless@FreeBSD.org>
+
+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.
+
+Work is ongoing for Mediatek mt76-based PCIe card support.
+
+LinuxKPI 802.11 (man:linuxkpi_wlan[4]) updates were comitted for scanning and beacon handling improvements and more robustness.
+
+LinuxKPI updates were done in order to import newer versions of man:iwlwifi[4], man:rtw88[4], and man:rtw89[4] drivers.
+Work on suspend and resume for LinuxKPI-based wireless drivers has a possible solution which will need community testing and feedback.
+Both updates were blocked by out-of-tree drm LinuxKPI PCI conflicts and problems were just resolved before EuroBSDCon 2025 thus the work will likely appear beginning of 25Q4.
+
+I gave a talk on wireless at EuroBSDCon 2025 and had a good chat with wireless people from NetBSD and OpenBSD.
+
+There is increasing interest again in getting brcmfmac support sorted, as well as more requests for ath11k.
+
+Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation