linux.git/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile, branch v7.3-rc2

Merge tag 'nxpwifi-2026-07-15' of https://github.com/jeffchen71/nxpwifi

2026-07-21T21:29:58+00:00

Jeff Chen says:
===============
wifi: nxp: patches for wireless-next

In nxpwifi, introduce initial driver support for NXP IW61x Wi-Fi chipsets.
The driver supports 802.11ac/ax, SDIO interface, Station and uAP modes.
===============

[list the full vendor directory in MAINTAINERS]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: nxp: add nxpwifi driver for IW61x

2026-07-15T12:52:52+00:00

Add support for the NXP IW61x wireless devices.

The nxpwifi driver implements a full-MAC design and integrates with
cfg80211 for configuration and control, supporting both station (STA)
and access point (AP) modes.

The driver provides a firmware-based command/event interface using TLV
messages, with the core handling command processing, event dispatching,
and device lifecycle management. A SDIO transport layer is implemented
to support IW61x devices.

Key features include:
- 802.11n/ac/ax (HT/VHT/HE) capability support
- Scan, association, and connection management
- Data path handling for TX/RX, including aggregation and reorder
- WMM QoS support and traffic prioritization
- 802.11h (DFS/TPC) support for regulatory compliance
- cfg80211 integration for STA and AP operations
- Debugfs and ethtool support
- Wake-on-LAN support

The driver translates cfg80211 configuration into firmware commands
and implements required data path processing in software where needed.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Chen

wifi: mm81x: add mm81x Wi-Fi HaLow driver

2026-07-08T02:03:50+00:00

mm81x is the first Wi-Fi HaLow driver to support the Morse Micro mm81x
chip family via USB and SDIO.

S1G support in the kernel is only new, and as a result this driver has
been scoped to be simple and only support station and AP interface.
The Wi-Fi specific features only cover the minimum required for basic
use such as powersave, aggregation, rate control and so on. The driver
will be extended into the future as S1G support for operations such as
ACS, channel switching and so on are added into the wireless stack.

The driver has been build tested on a long list of architectures and
compilers via Intels LKP.

The driver currently supports IEEE80211-2024 US channels only, with
AU 2020 also available. In order for this to be expanded additional
non-trivial kernel work is required which will begin once the
driver is upstream.

The driver has had many authors who are listed below in
alphabetical order:

Co-developed-by: Andrew Pope 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Pope 
Co-developed-by: Arien Judge 
Signed-off-by: Arien Judge 
Co-developed-by: Ayman Grais 
Signed-off-by: Ayman Grais 
Co-developed-by: Bassem Dawood 
Signed-off-by: Bassem Dawood 
Co-developed-by: Chetan Mistry 
Signed-off-by: Chetan Mistry 
Co-developed-by: Dan Callaghan 
Signed-off-by: Dan Callaghan 
Co-developed-by: James Herbert 
Signed-off-by: James Herbert 
Co-developed-by: Sahand Maleki 
Signed-off-by: Sahand Maleki 
Co-developed-by: Simon Wadsworth 
Signed-off-by: Simon Wadsworth 
Signed-off-by: Lachlan Hodges

wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver

2023-10-30T17:30:33+00:00

Wireless RNDIS USB is a new-style CFG80211 driver for 802.11b and
802.11g USB hardware from around 2004 to 2006. This makes it more modern
than any of the others, but Kalle already classified it as "legacy"
in commit 298e50ad8eb8f ("wifi: move raycs, wl3501 and rndis_wlan to
legacy directory").

Jussi Kivilinna worked on this driver between 2008 and 2012, and it has
only seen cosmetic updates after that.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver

2023-10-30T17:29:47+00:00

Cisco Aironet is an 802.11b PCMCIA and mini-PCI with limited support
for Cardbus DMA and for CFG80211.

Both PCMCIA and WEXT are deprecated, and there is little chance
that anyone is still using this driver, so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

wifi: move raycs, wl3501 and rndis_wlan to legacy directory

2023-03-13T13:42:14+00:00

To clean up drivers/net/wireless move the old drivers drivers left in the
directory to a new "legacy" directory. I did consider adding
CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_LEGACY like other vendors have but then dropped the idea as
these are really old drivers and hopefully we get to remove them soon.

There should be no changes in compilation or in Kconfig options, merely moving files.

Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230227121732.8967-3-kvalo@kernel.org

wifi: move mac80211_hwsim and virt_wifi to virtual directory

2023-03-13T13:42:14+00:00

To clean up drivers/net/wireless move the virtual drivers to a new virtual
directory. I did consider adding CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_VIRTUAL like other vendors
have but then dropped the idea as we are not real drivers.

There should be no changes in compilation or in Kconfig options, merely moving
files. The order in menuconfig is slightly changed, the virtual drivers are now
last in the list.

Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230227121732.8967-2-kvalo@kernel.org

wireless: Fix Makefile to be in alphabetical order

2022-05-17T15:29:49+00:00

Fix quantenna to be in the right order

Signed-off-by: Srinivasan R 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/MA1PR01MB26992E104B006B340C3C3A84C1CA9@MA1PR01MB2699.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM

wireless: add plfxlc driver for pureLiFi X, XL, XC devices

2022-04-25T12:30:42+00:00

This is a driver for pureLiFi X, XL, XC devices which use light to transmit
data, so they are not compatible with normal Wi-Fi devices. The driver uses
separate NL80211_BAND_LC band to distinguish from Wi-Fi.  The driver is based
on 802.11 softMAC Architecture and uses native 802.11 for configuration and
management. Station and Ad-Hoc modes are supported.

The driver is compiled and tested in ARM, x86 architectures and compiled in
powerpc architecture. This driver implementation has been based on the zd1211rw
driver.

Signed-off-by: Srinivasan Raju 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220224182042.132466-3-srini.raju@purelifi.com

wfx: get out from the staging area

2022-04-06T06:52:14+00:00

The wfx driver is now mature enough to leave the staging area.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo