From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 23:26:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@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 107A8D8 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from quine.pinyon.org (quine.pinyon.org [65.101.5.249]) (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 D72941893 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:26:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by quine.pinyon.org (Postfix, from userid 122) id E0666160413; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:17:31 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on quine.pinyon.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from feyerabend.n1.pinyon.org (feyerabend.n1.pinyon.org [10.0.10.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by quine.pinyon.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6E4D61600DF for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:17:28 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <5403AD08.60605@pinyon.org> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:17:28 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. References: <20140830195721.GA12450@neutralgood.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:26:02 -0000 On 08/31/14 00:46, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 30 August 2014 12:57, wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:16:04PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> So yeah. Almost all of the work is done in the atheros driver side of >>> things. Heck, the AR9271 bits for the HAL are likely just an evenings >>> worth of work for me. I just don't want to deal with the USB side of >>> it. >>> >>> I'm not being paid to do any of the wireless stuff in FreeBSD, so it >>> has to clear the "is it fun" threshold. >> >> Personally, I don't do wireless. Ever. >> >> The real issue you just brought up is that FreeBSD is a volunteer project, >> and not a product. The work that gets done is either funded by someone (by >> dollar, mostly by businesses) that want something specific, or out of the >> kindness of someone's heart. >> >> If someone who cared wanted to fund FreeBSD's wireless work then would you >> turn down the funding? If you were willing, what's the procedure for >> someone (not me) to fund the work? > > I can't really take that on right now personally, but what I can > suggest is that you contact the FreeBSD foundation and let them know > that you'd like to see improved wireless and you're willing to donate > / fund the work. > Since (new|more) talent in the 80211++ space is evidently needed, I would suggest trying a bounty. Maybe $5K? That's a lot of money in many places in the world. (Adrian has done tremendous work, but what about die bus? It happens to all of us, eventually.) I'm a wired-by-default guy, with a house full of CAT5, but the future is wireless. Russell > > -a > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >