FreeBSD Developers Deciding What to Do for WiFi with FreeBSD 15
a year ago
- #FreeBSD
- #OpenSource
- #WiFi
- FreeBSD developers are improving WiFi support for laptops, but progress is incomplete.
- FreeBSD 15 may declare WiFi support as 'unstable' to allow future breaking changes.
- Declaring WiFi support as 'stable' would prevent breaking changes due to ABI stability policies.
- The focus is on the FreeBSD KPI compatibility layer to leverage Linux wireless drivers.
- Bjoern Zeeb explained the situation on the FreeBSD mailing list, inviting community feedback.
- The 'unstable' approach allows for continuous improvements in FreeBSD 15.x releases.