wil6210

Basic information

• Module name(s): wil6210
• Authorship tag: vendor, community
• License governing driver source code: ISC
• Status: in-kernel (WIP)

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): cfg80211
• 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: unknown
• P2P mode: unknown
• Monitor mode: supported
• Packet injection: unknown

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• Wil6120, Wil6220, Wil6225

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
Dell Wireless 1601 WiGig (DW1601)	Mini PCIe (half)	PPD-QCA9005	USI	168c	0034	Wil6120	abgn+ad	2x2:2	00:1A:6B 04:CE:14 44:39:C4	2012-11-01
Qualcomm Atheros QC64MA	NGFF	J9C-QC64MA		17cb	1201	QCA6436	ad+ay	4x4:4		2019-06-06
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9005	Mini PCIe (half)	PPD-QCA9005 PJ8-WIL6110	USI	168c	0034	Wil6120	abgn+ad	2x2:2	04:CE:14 00:1A:6B	2012-11-01
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9006NFC	NGFF					Wil6220	abgn+ac+ad	2x2:2
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9006WBD	Mini PCIe (half)					Wil6220	abgn+ac+ad	2x2:2

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki

Drivers

static const struct pci_device_id wil6210_pcie_ids[] = {
	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1ae9, 0x0310) },
	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1ae9, 0x0302) }, /* same as above, firmware broken */
	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x17cb, 0x1201) }, /* Talyn */
	
1ae9:0301	Wil6200 802.11ad Wireless Network Adapter	
1ae9:0302	Wil6200 802.11ad Wireless Network Adapter	
1ae9:0310	Wil6200 802.11ad Wireless Network Adapter (Sparrow)

17cb:1100	QCA6290 Wireless Network Adapter (Napier)
17cb:1101	QCA6390 Wireless Network Adapter (Napier)
17cb:1103	WCN6856 QCNFA765 Wireless Network Adapter (Hastings Prime)
17cb:1104	QCN6024/9024/9074 Wireless Network Adapter
17cb:1201	QCA6436/QCA6426 Wireless Network Adapter (Talyn)

Models

• Qualcomm QCNFA765 • Qualcomm WCN6856 (Hastings Prime) [17cb:1103]
• Qualcomm Atheros QC64MA • Qualcomm QCA6436/QCA6426 [17cb:1201]