ath11k is available in CURRENT iirc, its at least in the tree as Bjorn put the code in the tree 2 years ago.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM jalil.hessane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad P14s Gen 5 (arriving in 5-6 weeks > yippee thanks Lenovo) with a Qualcomm QCNFA765 wireless adapter. It > should need the ath11k driver, and from what I saw here > https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/wireless/, it's > still a WIP. > > So I wanted to know if there were any updates, if wifibox was a > reliable enough solution (I saw an issue where a user seems to have > some problems while running the exact same adapter) and if it was > really usable in a laptop: having a vm running constantly and doing > some networking, even if it's Alpine, should put some strain on the > battery, no? > > Also the wireless adapter is SOLDERED (thanks again Lenovo), so > changing it is not really an option, although there is a WWAN slot, > b-keyed I believe where I could in theory put an adapter, but it lacks > USB 2.0, so no bluetooth for me. In the last resort I could use a USB > wifi thingy, but I believe that those have support as good as they're > reliable. > > Thanks for any answers you could give me. > > PS: No, even though the laptop arrives in an eternity I won't cancel > the order to get a "supported" laptop. I also really like to be > forced to run CURRENT just for the iGPU to work. >
