A PCIe E-Key interface would have great advantages

[Janusz Dziedzic]

śr., 17 lip 2024 o 17:50 Schmid, Florian
<Florian.Schmid at acd-antriebstechnik.de> napisał(a):
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> Hi,
> i have only recently started working with OpenWrt. I think the project of an own hardware platform is great. I don't know how far the development has progressed. However, I am missing a very important interface in the hardware specification!
> A PCIe M.2 E-Key interface would open the way for the use of the new WiFi-7 modules from various manufacturers (e.g. FG8276MPUX from FN-Link, WMX8202 from EmWicon, NONI56M2-4x4 or BE200.NGW.NV from Intel and others).  This means that the entire frequency range (2.4GHz, 5GHz and 5GHz) specified in IEEE802.11be can be used. WiFi-8 is still in the future, but will probably also use PCIe E-Key as an interface.
>

Hi,
I am using M2 NVM + M2+AE converter + intel/qualcom m2 cards in my BPI-R4.
So, probably openwrt ONE will also work.

Today have in my BPI-R4:
root at bpi-r4-92bab365400b:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7988 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 Unclassified device [0002]: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7915E
802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
0001:00:00.0 PCI bridge: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7988 (rev 01)
0001:01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc WCN785x
Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) 320MHz 2x2 [FastConnect 7800] (rev 01)
0002:00:00.0 PCI bridge: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7988 (rev 01)
0002:01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)

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But, yes great if there could be another M2 slot.

BR
Janusz