mwifiex

Basic information

• Module name(s): mwifiex
• Authorship tag: vendor, community
• License governing driver source code: GPL v2
• Status: in-kernel

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: FullMAC
• 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: supported
• AP (Master) mode: supported
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: supported
• P2P mode: supported
• Monitor mode: supported
• Packet injection: unknown

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• 88W8766, 88W8786, 88W8787, 88W8797, 88W8897, 88W8997, 88W8801

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
AzureWave AW-AH397	SDIO (module)		AzureWave			88W8797	abgn	1x1:1
AzureWave AW-CB178NF	M.2	TLZ-CB178NF	AzureWave			88W8897	abgn+ac	2x2:2	54:27:1E	2014-10-13
AzureWave AW-CM276NF	M.2	UAY-W8997-M1216	AzureWave			88W8997	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2017-01-25
AzureWave AW-CM389NF	M.2	TLZ-CM389NF	AzureWave			88W8897	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2014-07-09
AzureWave AW-NH387	SDIO (module)		AzureWave			88W8787	bgn	1x1:1
AzureWave AW-NM191NF	SDIO	TLZ-NM191NF				88W8801	bgn	1x1:1		2019-07-11
AzureWave AW-NM313S	SDIO	IXMUGNAS-P3 TLZ-NM313S	AzureWave			88W8786	bgn	1x1:1		2011-07-29
AzureWave AW-NM333	module (SiP)	TLZ-NM333				88W8801	bgn	1x1:1		2018-05-14
AzureWave AW-NM387	SDIO (module)	TLZ-NM387				88W8787	bgn	1x1:1		2011-02-17
AzureWave AW-NM388	SDIO (module)	TLZ-NM388				88W8787	bgn	1x1:1		2012-02-13
Canon BM70659 Wireless Module	SDIO	AZDBM70659				88W8787	abgn	1x1:1		2011-06-29
Foxconn J20H045	SDIO	2878D-J20H045				88W8787	bgn	1x1:1		2011-12-22
Foxconn M26H003.00	USB	N89-NU260HS				88W8797	bgn	2x2:2	3C:77:E6	2013-11-14
GlobalScale GTI WIFI II	USB			1286	2042	88W8766	bgn	1x1:1	00:11:7F
GlobalScale GTI WiFi 8897M	Mini PCIe			11ab	2b38	88W8897	abgn+ac	2x2:2	10:A5:D0
Lite-On WCBN603MH	module	PPQ-WCBN603MH				88W8787	abgn	1x1:1	20:68:9D	2013-02-06
Marvell W8997-M1216	M.2	UAY-W8997-M1216	AzureWave	11ab	2b42	88W8997	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2017-01-25
Netgear GTV100	SDIO (module)	PY312200201	Wistron NeWeb			88W8787	bgn	1x1:1		2012-11-26
Twowing TWCWLS076	USB	2APKI-TWCWLS076				88W8801	bgn	1x1:1		2018-05-22
USI NFA-BAC-MR-02	M.2	COFNFABACMR02	USI	11ab	2b38	88W8897	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2014-02-26
Wistron NeWeb DHSM-87B	SDIO (module)	NKR-DHSM87B				88W8787	bgn	1x1:1		2012-04-11
Wistron NeWeb DHUM-E997	SDIO (module)	NKR-DHUME997	Wistron NeWeb			88W8997	abgn+ac	2x2:2		2018-07-30

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki

Drivers

drivers/net/wireless/marvell

• mwifiex / mwifiex_usb / mwifiex_sdio

Marvell 802.11n SDIO/PCIe/USB FullMAC driver

88W8766 / 88W8897 (PCIe), 88W8797 / 88W8997 (USB),

SD8786 / SD8787 / SD8797 (SDIO), 88W8801 (IoT)

# USB

module_usb_driver (mwifiex_usb_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR ("Marvell International Ltd.");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION ("Marvell WiFi-Ex USB Driver version" USB_VERSION);
MODULE_VERSION (USB_VERSION);
MODULE_LICENSE ("GPL v2");
MODULE_FIRMWARE (USB8766_DEFAULT_FW_NAME); 88W8766 (USB)
MODULE_FIRMWARE (USB8797_DEFAULT_FW_NAME); 88W8797 (USB)
MODULE_FIRMWARE (USB8801_DEFAULT_FW_NAME); 88W8801 (USB)
MODULE_FIRMWARE (USB8997_DEFAULT_FW_NAME); 88W8997 (USB)

#define USB8XXX_VID		0x1286
#define USB8766_PID_1		0x2041
#define USB8766_PID_2		0x2042
#define USB8797_PID_1		0x2043
#define USB8797_PID_2		0x2044
#define USB8801_PID_1		0x2049
#define USB8801_PID_2		0x204a
#define USB8997_PID_1		0x2052
#define USB8997_PID_2		0x204e

# PCIe
#define PCIE_VENDOR_ID_MARVELL              	(0x11ab)
#define PCIE_VENDOR_ID_V2_MARVELL           	(0x1b4b)
#define PCIE_DEVICE_ID_MARVELL_88W8766P		(0x2b30) (PCIe)
#define PCIE_DEVICE_ID_MARVELL_88W8897		(0x2b38) (A0/B0)
#define PCIE_DEVICE_ID_MARVELL_88W8997		(0x2b42) (PCIe/USB/UART)

# SDIO
88W8786, 88W8787, 88W8797, 88W8801, 88W8887, 88W8897, 88W8977, 88W8987, 88W8997,
#define SD8786_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8786_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8787_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8787_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8797_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8797_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8801_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8801_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8887_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8887_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8897_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8897_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8977_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sdsd8977_combo_v2.bin"
#define SD8987_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sd8987_uapsta.bin"
#define SD8997_DEFAULT_FW_NAME "mrvl/sdsd8997_combo_v4.bin"

• libertas / libertas-tf

[Libertas] 88W8388 (USB) 802.11b/g, 88W8385 (CompactFlash) 802.11b/g,

88W8385 / 88W8686 / 88W8688 (SDIO) 802.11b/g, 88W8686 (SPI) 802.11b/g,

88W8388 (USB) WLAN Thinfirm Driver (OLPC - tf)

module_usb_driver(if_usb_driver);

MODULE_DESCRIPTION ("8388 USB WLAN Driver");
MODULE_AUTHOR ("Marvell International Ltd. and Red Hat, Inc.");
MODULE_LICENSE ("GPL");

MODULE_DESCRIPTION ("8388 USB WLAN Thinfirm Driver");
MODULE_AUTHOR ("Cozybit Inc.");
MODULE_LICENSE ("GPL");

# USB
{ USB_DEVICE(0x1286, 0x2001) }, 88W8388
{ USB_DEVICE(0x05a3, 0x8388) }, 88W8388 / 88W8682

# SDIO
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Libertas SDIO WLAN Driver");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Pierre Ossman");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

MODULE_FIRMWARE("libertas/sd8385.bin"); 88W8385
MODULE_FIRMWARE("libertas/sd8686_v9.bin"); 88W8686
MODULE_FIRMWARE("libertas/sd8688.bin"); 88W8688

• mwl8k

Marvell TOPDOG 802.11 Wireless cards: 88W8366, 88W8863, 88W8687, 88W8764

MWL8K_DESC	"Marvell TOPDOG (R) 802.11 Wireless Network Driver"
88W8363, 88W8366, 88W8687, 88W8764, 

• mwlwifi_pci

kaloz/mwlwifi on GitHub

88W8864, 88W8897, 88W8964, 88W8997 (PCIe)

Development is more or less stalled, and while the driver has been integrated

into OpenWrt, it was never accepted into the mainline kernel

        { PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x2a55),     .driver_data = MWL8864, },
	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x2b38),     .driver_data = MWL8897, },
	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x2b40),     .driver_data = MWL8964, },
	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL_EXT, 0x2b42), .driver_data = MWL8997, },

Marvell
Marvell (Libertas) 88W8310 - none - b/g - PCI/CB
Marvell (Libertas) 88W8335 - mrv8k - b/g - PCI/CB - [[mrv8k]]
Marvell (Libertas) 88W8338 - none - b/g - USB 2.0
Marvell (Libertas) 88W8385,88W8388,88W8686 - libertas - b/g - USB/CF/SDIO - [[libertas]]
Marvell (Libertas) 88W8388 - libertas_tf - b/g - USB/CF/SDIO - OLPC XO-1, supports mesh - [[libertas_tf]]
Marvell (TopDog) 88W8360,88W8361,88W8362 (USB),88W8362E,88W8363 - none - (a)/b/g/n - PCI/PCIe/CB/USB2.0	
Marvell (TopDog/Avastar*) 88W8366,88W8863,88W8687,88W8764* - mwl8k - (a)/b/g/n - PCIe - [[mwl8k]]
Marvell (Avastar) 88W8797 (88W8786U [1286:203c]) - mwifiex - a/b/g/n - USB - 88W8801 [1286:2049] - [[mwifiex]]-usb
Marvell (Avastar) 88W8786,88W8787,88W8797,88W8897* - mwifiex - a/b/g/n(+ac)* - SDIO - 02df:9139 - [[mwifiex]]-sdio
Marvell (Avastar) 88W8766, 88W8897* - mwifiex - a/b/g/n(+ac)* - PCIe - 11ab:2b38 - [[mwifiex]]-pci
Marvell (Avastar) 88W8864,88W8964,88W8897,88W8997 - mwlwifi - a/b/g/n(+ac)* - [[mwlwifi]]-pci
... 
https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/MWIFIEX.html
https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/MWIFIEX_USB.html

USB: 88W8766, 88W8797, 88W8801, 88W8997
USB: 1286:2052	v4.5	2016-03-14	Marvell	88W8997	mwifiex_usb - USB8997_PID_1 +
USB: 1286:204e	v4.3	2015-11-02	Marvell	88W8997	mwifiex_usb - USB8997_PID_2 +
USB: 1286:204d	v4.3	2015-11-02	Marvell		-
USB: 1286:204a	v4.0	2015-04-12	Marvell	88W8801	mwifiex_usb - USB8801_PID_2 +
USB: 1286:2049	v4.0	2015-04-12	Marvell	88W8801	mwifiex_usb - USB8801_PID_1 +
USB: 1286:2046	v3.14	2014-03-31	Marvell		nfcmrvl_usb - NFC +
USB: 1286:2045	v3.14	2014-03-31	Marvell		mwifiex_usb - NFC
USB: 1286:2044	v3.5	2012-07-21	Marvell	88W8797	mwifiex_usb - USB8797_PID_2 +
USB: 1286:2043	v3.5	2012-07-21	Marvell	88W8797	mwifiex_usb - USB8797_PID_1 +
USB: 1286:2042	v3.19	2015-02-09	Marvell	88W8766	mwifiex_usb - USB8766_PID_2 +
USB: 1286:2041	v3.19	2015-02-09	Marvell	88W8766	mwifiex_usb - USB8766_PID_1 +
...
SDIO:  88W8786, 88W8787, 88W8797, 88W8801, 88W8887, 88W8897, 88W8977, 88W8987, 88W8997,
SDIO: 02df:9149	v5.2	2019-01-01?	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio (sd8997)
SDIO: 02df:9145	v5.1	2019-01-01?	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio (sd8897)
SDIO: 02df:9141	v4.3	2015-11-02	Marvell	88W8997	mwifiex_sdio (MVL88W8997) +
SDIO: 02df:9139	v4.0	2015-04-12	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio
SDIO: 02df:9135	v3.18	2014-12-07	Marvell	88W8887	mwifiex_sdio +
SDIO: 02df:912d	v3.11	2013-09-02	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio
SDIO: 02df:9129	v3.3	2012-03-18	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio
SDIO: 02df:9119	v3.0	2011-07-22	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio
SDIO: 02df:9116	v3.5	2012-07-21	Marvell		mwifiex_sdio
...
PCIe: 88W8766P, 88W8897, 88W8997
PCI: 11ab:2b42	v4.10	2017-01-01?	Marvell 88W8997	(Avastar)	mwifiex_pci (pci11ab,2b42)
PCI: 1b4b:2b42	v4.10	2017-01-01?	Marvell 88W8997	(Avastar)	mwifiex_pci (pci1b4b,2b42)
...
PCI: 11ab:2b42	v4.3	2015-11-02	Marvell 88W8997	(Avastar)	mwifiex_pci +
PCI: 11ab:2b38	v3.17	2014-10-05	Marvell 88W8897	(Avastar)	mwifiex_pci +
PCI: 11ab:2b30	v3.17	2014-10-05	Marvell 88W8766P (Avastar)	mwifiex_pci +
...
PCI: 11ab:2b36	v3.10	2013-06-30	Marvell 88W8764	(Avastar)	mwl8k +
PCI: 11ab:2a43	v2.6.34	2010-05-16	Marvell 88W8366 (TopDog)	mwl8k +
PCI: 11ab:2a42	v3.9	2013-04-29	Marvell 88W8366 (TopDog)	mwl8k +
PCI: 11ab:2a41	v3.9	2013-04-29	Marvell 88W8366 (TopDog)	mwl8k +
PCI: 11ab:2a40	v2.6.33	2010-02-24	Marvell 88W8366 (TopDog)	mwl8k +
PCI: 11ab:2a24	v2.6.34	2010-05-16	Marvell 88W8363 (TopDog)	mwl8k
PCI: 11ab:2a0c	v2.6.34	2010-05-16	Marvell 88W8363 (TopDog)	mwl8k
PCI: 11ab:2a0a	v2.6.34	2010-05-16	Marvell 88W8363 (TopDog)	mwl8k
PCI: 11ab:2a30	v2.6.30	2009-06-10	Marvell 88W8687 (TopDog)	mwl8k
PCI: 11ab:2a2b	v2.6.30	2009-06-10	Marvell 88W8687 (TopDog)	mwl8k
...
SDIO: 02d0:a887	v3.10	2013-06-30	BCM?		-
SDIO: 02d0:4335	v3.10	2013-06-30	AP6335 BCM?	-
SDIO: 02d0:044b	v2.6.32	2009-12-03	BCM?		b43
SDIO: 104c:9066	v2.6.32	2009-12-03	TI ACX111	wl1251_sdio # 4.5-rc
SDIO: 0097:4076	v2.6.35	2010-08-01	TI?		wlcore_sdio
SDIO: 0089:1408	v2.6.33	2010-02-24	??		-
SDIO: 0089:1403	v2.6.31	2009-09-09	??		-
SDIO: 0020:2280	v3.11	2013-09-02	ST-Ericsson?	cw1200_wlan_sdio