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Are there any problems preventing the adaptation of Linux ac drivers, I mean are they technical or licensing etc?

• Klonoar 5y ago
  I believe that's one ongoing effort to solve the issue (since it'd also ensure things like 802.11ax support). It's just low dev resources, I think - but this is from my just browsing the situation over the past few weeks, mind you. An actual FreeBSD dev should correct me if I'm wrong. I also believe there's a hack floating around to forward ac from a Linux VM, which some use.
• waddlesplash 5y ago
  FreeBSD does have some kind of effort to work on adopting them. While that may expand compatibility greatly, it would be in my view a major loss. FreeBSD WiFi drivers more than make up for in quality what they fail to have in quantity; Linux drivers are generally the bottom of the barrel and this often translates directly to poor user experiences with them. FreeBSD drivers may work on less hardware ... but when or where they do work, they are often much more of a sure thing. (Haiku has its own troubles with FreeBSD drivers, for sure, but generally this seems to hold true: either it works nearly perfectly or it completely fails to recognize or initialize the hardware. Almost all tickets on our tracker now or in the past about such drivers have been along those lines.)
  • Klonoar 5y ago
    You've put into words something I've been thinking about and somewhat remorseful about: when FreeBSD just exists as a different kernel to run the same Linux stuff, what's the project really? Legacy? I find that I tend to prefer the FreeBSD take on things as well, so the Linux angle just feels weird the past few years.