WIP port of the Linux ath11k driver
by from OpenBSD Journal on (#6HFYH)
Stefan Sperling (stsp@)hascommittedto -currenta WIPdriver for Qualcomm ath11kwi-fi adapters(such as that found in theLenovo ThinkPad X13s):
CVSROOT:/cvsModule name:srcChanges by:stsp@cvs.openbsd.org2023/12/28 10:36:29Modified files:sys/arch/amd64/conf: GENERIC RAMDISK_CD sys/arch/arm64/conf: GENERIC RAMDISK sys/conf : files sys/dev/pci : files.pci Added files:sys/dev/ic : qwx.c qwxreg.h qwxvar.h sys/dev/pci : if_qwx_pci.c Log message:Introduce qwx(4), a work-in-progress port of the Linux ath11k driver.This driver is not working yet. Scanning almost works but a lot morework remains to be done. So far most of the porting work was done bymyself, with some help from mpi, patrick, and kettenis.Obviously this driver remains disabled for now. Enable relevant linesin the kernel config if you want to help out with development.At present firmware files must be obtained manually and placedin the directory /etc/firmware/qwx/WCN6855/hw2.1/This will be improved later.Thanks to the OpenBSD Foundation for supporting this effort.
So summing up, thanks to support from the OpenBSD Foundation, work on support for this popular hardware has started, and is progressing towards useable status.
It's not quite there yet, but this being early in the cycle, there is reason to hope for official support status by the time of the upcoming release.