linux-drivers/
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76

MediaTek MT76 Wi-Fi 4/5/6/7 client and access-point chipsets

A family of MediaTek Wi-Fi chipsets spanning Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 7, used in consumer routers, mesh systems, laptops, and embedded access points. Notable members include the MT7615/MT7915 Wi-Fi 6 parts, the MT7921/MT7925 client adapters found in many recent laptops, and the MT7996/Filogic 880 Wi-Fi 7 router silicon shipping in current hardware.

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recommendation

It should stay because mt76 is the actively maintained in-tree driver family for a wide span of current MediaTek Wi-Fi silicon, from older MT76xx parts through the Wi-Fi 7 MT7925 and MT7996/Filogic 880 generations sold in new routers, laptops, and access points in 2025. Upstream activity is healthy, with stability fixes and Multi-Link Operation work landing through 2024-2026, and OpenWrt relies on it heavily. There is no replacement driver on the horizon.

repository signals

231 files
114,961 source lines
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157 authors, 5y
monthly commits · 2021-04-21 → 2026-04-21 · 1,850 total · active in 59/61 months
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sources

  1. spinics.net

    January 4, 2026 patch series '[PATCH v3 00/17] wifi: mt76: mt7925/mt792x: comprehensive stability fixes' shows active upstream maintenance on mt76 in 2026, not abandonment.

  2. lkml.org

    January 20, 2026 LKML follow-up on an mt76/mt7925 patchset shows ongoing review and test traffic in current kernel development.

  3. patches.linaro.org

    The mt76 family was still gaining new functionality such as MT7925 MLO enablement in 2024, indicating an expanding rather than shrinking driver family.

  4. mediatek.com

    MediaTek markets Filogic 880 Wi-Fi 7 router/AP silicon, corresponding to recent mt76-supported MT7996-class hardware still being sold into new products.

  5. openwrt.org

    OpenWrt documents mt76 as the mac80211-based driver for MediaTek MT7xxx devices, showing active downstream deployment across consumer/embedded networking hardware.

codex reasoning notes (technical)

In-tree inspection via shell showed mt76 is the common core for active subdrivers including mt7925 and mt7996, with Kconfig entries for Wi-Fi 7 hardware. Lore MCP was unavailable and `lei` was missing, so lore history was checked via web search results pointing to public mailing-list archives: spinics (2026 mt7925 stability series), LKML (2026 review/build-test traffic), and Patchwork/Linaro (2024 MT7925 MLO series). Web search found no removal/deprecation thread for mt76, while official MediaTek product pages and OpenWrt docs show current hardware and broad real-world deployment. There is no natural upstream replacement driver; mt76 is the maintained in-tree driver family for these chipsets.