From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 23:31:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 568C382B for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 229A9343F for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B3DA23339 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:31:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:31:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=imap.cc; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=mesmtp; bh=O+0V8FjS+RebZg7qZRBDD9XR cOA=; b=yJVyrIMJ83gFYnQbt4/VsKRd4IT2Bgwxc4l/4mBVdYlx+D463t8IbbAs Wxp+HyHCsSSXT+91jBNdIm3SUrVQP6Y/+IOM7VLpZecej9bXHzEw4IKdBdJnndqz KxLw/6fLOLsVesoXjamdEoFOJFr/Ycu4oWR7G3uWUL9Q/976Zm8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=O+0V8FjS+RebZg7qZRBDD9XRcOA=; b=FUC5pAfwcMCCdlQlQgwZiM9Kj8Qg IK1xSWLQ0br7Df5fGXmNyAWW7fbUuTRY6IsBnbLwmVBHVuJOrgzeqPHExM9dPmtE 6HQGjLNb/L5z9k7THlTkvCHcOSHR5FNX1D7TMTGgG7yPBBEn9dAHAeO6RuM+JczA nCHPvMlWvt9/7do= X-Sasl-enc: kgw6xCmHnCLCl+5vQVC9YUGTzjEQKYCBIGtcqTaOweFn 1408404680 Received: from z.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (unknown [71.233.174.108]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 296E5680156; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:31:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:31:21 -0400 From: Brendan Desmond To: dbc Subject: Re: how to encourage a wireless driver to exist? Message-ID: <20140818233121.GA6745@z.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> References: <003e01cfb9db$8c11b1e0$a43515a0$@dcollins.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003e01cfb9db$8c11b1e0$a43515a0$@dcollins.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:31:28 -0000 On 2014-08-17, dbc wrote: >Hello, > > > >I have a new laptop which I'm well sick of having to run linux on. Is there >a way to encourage someone to write a driver for intel 7260 wifi card? > >I am a C programmer, and I would be willing to volunteer time, but I don't >know how useful I will be with neither driver writing nor wifi protocol nor >FreeBSD development process experience. Still, if anyone would point me in >the right direction I would happily give it a shot. Where can this stuff be >learnt? I also see that linux drivers exist, but I'm not sure about legal >problems when copying from those. > >Or, while I probably couldn't afford to fund it entirely myself, is there a >way I could chip into a pot to help fund someone with more experience to at >least make a start on it? > > > >Sincerely, > >Daniel Collins > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am also an Intel 7260 owner who would like to do whatever I can to help the development of support for said device plus the i915 and any other Intel Haswell stuff. My main motivating factor is having bought a Lenovo Thinkpad T440 before realizing I want to make the full switch to FreeBSD from Linux. I'm not much of a programmer, but would love to know what I can do to as far as testing, bug reports, etc. so I can chip in with driver development. I have a copy of the handbook and am subscribed to the freebsd-drivers list, but any additional tips for someone like me would me most welcome. -Brendan Desmond