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Date:      Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:39:17 +0000
From:      Alexander Chernikov <melifaro@freebsd.org>
To:        obiwac <obiwac@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org>, mmokhi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GSoC 2023 project ideas
Message-ID:  <6A5AFC7F-DF90-4B08-A88A-7512D1C930CE@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAN8-kNX7to%2B9O6gouzJQh74RKWNdUBEc4nUW292%2BrJzdMu6OrA@mail.gmail.com>
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[adding bz@ and mmokhi@ to the cc]
> On 8 Mar 2023, at 09:19, obiwac <obiwac@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi!
Hi!
>=20
> I'm a CS student from Belgium and I'm interested in participating in
> Google Summer of Code as a FreeBSD contributor. I've been using
> FreeBSD for a bit over two years and I've already upstreamed a few
> patches over that time, but I'd like to give back in a little more of
> a meaningful way :)
That=E2=80=99s awesome!
>=20
> More specifically, I was thinking of proposing work on the Linux KPI
> for compiling network drivers on FreeBSD once the applications open
> (see SummerOfCodeIdeas:
> =
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Add_support_for_building_Linux-=
only_network_drivers).
>=20
> I see netlink was the subject of a previous SoC project by Sean Ng
> (and their mentor melifaro@), so it would seem at least some part of
> this has already been done. Would someone potentially be interested in
> mentoring such a project (perhaps mmokhi@ or melifaro@)? Is there
> maybe something you'd like to add on top of what's currently on the
> ideas page wrt to this?
Netlink indeed landed in FreeBSD 13/14.
I=E2=80=99ll leave the reply to Bjoern as he certainly have more context =
on the improvement opportunities in the LinuxKPI space.

>=20
> I'm posting this message is mostly to gauge overall interest in this
> idea in particular or if I'd be better off focusing my efforts on
> something else... Personally I'd be very interested in working on this
> if only for personal use, but maybe there's something I'd be equally
> interested in which is more useful to more people ;)
>=20
> Kind regards,
> Aymeric
>=20
/Alexander




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