Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 02:17:11 +0100 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Doing 802.11ac drivers for GSoC 2017 Message-ID: <CAD9iB3chOKs9BZSco8TZmHnpYSCK_chfkrM_2cS%2Bg2-Xb3FCiw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Recently, I've tried installing FreeBSD on Lenovo Yoga 3 14. It turned out that its wireless device (which uses 802.11ac) support is not there yet according to [1] and [2]. Additionally, Adrian@'s presentation from BSDCan 2012 [3] says "802.11ac support? .. it's rapidly approaching, it should be thought about!" :). Is there any book/website/tutorial which shows how to develop network drivers for FreeBSD? I think that developing a 802.11ac driver seems to be a fine project for Google Summer of Code. On the other hand, I have little experience with drivers so far so it might be a better idea to focus on implementing only a part of required functionalities. Do you think that providing additional support for 802.11ac is good for a GSoC project? Thanks/Cheers! --Mateusz [1]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 [3]: https://www.bsdcan.org/2012/schedule/attachments/207_BSDCan%202012%20-%20802.11%20status%20update.pdf
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