linux-drivers/
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915

MediaTek MT7915, MT7916, and MT798x Wi-Fi 6/6E adapters

MediaTek's Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E chipset family, covering the MT7915 and MT7916 PCIe radios shipped on M.2 and miniPCIe cards, plus the built-in wireless MACs in the MT7981 and MT7986 router SoCs. The hardware is widely used in consumer routers, access points, and embedded networking gear from roughly 2020 onward.

keep conf=0.94 deploy=high replacement=none subsystem=net category=networking-wireless
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recommendation

It should stay in the kernel because the hardware is still being sold new in 2025 (with module vendors like AsiaRF and 524wifi listing current MT7915 PCIe and M.2 products) and the code itself is under heavy active development, with hundreds of recent commits including fixes landing as late as November 2025. No deprecation or removal discussion was found on linux-wireless, so this is a mainstream, well-maintained Wi-Fi driver.

repository signals

21 files
18,853 source lines
533 commits, 5y
+16,811 / −10,310 lines added / removed, 5y
64 authors, 5y
monthly commits · 2021-04-21 → 2026-04-21 · 533 total · active in 54/61 months
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sources

  1. git.kernel.org

    Upstream Kconfig describes MT7915E as support for MediaTek MT7915-based PCIe wireless devices and MT7981/MT7986 built-in WMAC using the same feature set.

  2. asiarf.com

    Commercial product page for an MT7915-based M.2 module showed availability/backorder status in 2025 and a datasheet dated 2025-03-04.

  3. 524wifi.net

    Commercial product page for an MT7915-based miniPCIe module showed samples/backorder availability, indicating ongoing new-sales presence.

  4. lore.kernel.org

    linux-wireless is the upstream archive checked for removal/deprecation discussion; no obvious MT7915 removal thread was located from the archive/web search pass.

codex reasoning notes (technical)

Local shell inspection showed real driver code with PCI IDs 0x7915/0x7906/0x7916/0x790a and Kconfig coverage for MT7915E plus MT7981/MT7986 WMAC. Local git log (shell, with safe.directory override) showed substantial 2024-2025 fixes/features, consistent with the provided 523 substantive commits and 2025-11-24 recent touch, so this is actively maintained rather than sunset. Web search produced current 2025 commercial MT7915 module listings (AsiaRF, 524wifi), supporting ongoing new deployments. lore lookup via search/web found no concrete removal or deprecation thread; with active upstream churn and still-sold hardware, the defensible recommendation is keep. URLs were obtained via web search, except the kernel.org Kconfig URL and lore archive root which are canonical recall.