ath12k

Basic information

• Module name(s): ath12k
• Authorship tag: vendor, community
• License governing driver source code: Dual BSD/GPL
• Status: in-kernel (WIP)

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): mac80211
• Firmware status tags: required
• Firmware license tags: redistribution allowed, closed source

Limitations / unimplemented functionality NOS

• Currently missing functionality:
• Notable limitations:

Supported modes

• STA (Station) mode: supported
• IBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode: partial
• AP (Master) mode: supported
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: partial
• P2P mode: unsupported
• Monitor mode: firmware dependant
• Packet injection: firmware dependant

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• QCN9274, WCN7850, WCN7851

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
Gigabyte AORUS GC-WIFI7	PCIe	J9C-QCNCM865 RAS-MT7927 PD9BE200NG		17cb	1107	WCN7851	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2023-04-05

unknown

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
Gigabyte AORUS GC-WIFI7	PCIe	J9C-QCNCM865 RAS-MT7927 PD9BE200NG		17cb	1107	WCN7851	abgn+ac+ax+be	2x2:2		2023-04-05

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki

Introduction

ath12k is a Linux driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) devices.

ath12k uses mac80211.

Supported Devices

• QCN9274 hw2.0
• WCN7850 hw2.0
• WCN7851 hw2.0