From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sun Mar 5 01:26:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBE3CED703 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2017 01:26:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x234.google.com (mail-wr0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 044881226; Sun, 5 Mar 2017 01:26:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x234.google.com with SMTP id g10so95261267wrg.2; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:26:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=W5wq+ZIkgkJ3IKqfxK22IGTYdtKz5gxd/rsLKlsH3OE=; b=YIN3FR4qB0oSVXypkvNAUaGb3rDkYrWCRAVKgu7U7/HnU8I39Z3n41pkDo7ce5RDVt 6gqA9TYHxISpWVA0lNy01wWQuY6GIqEm5kpoghKy1WqITsoRVDyHWi1S6BhP9DOESArJ nQ3B5HRYBk9vJSVWfpWRzMXh1d2vGF7RMtiYzDyj0TeUxTSGu/4pmkomU91vfaCd1e38 fBI1pihTtfhZ0GpXN6Pf6phAcgiWribE8dPzrxRzIORxy4cgPNI5n//gKxD5LjDzjMbA nHGIYA15+bSrZav7hnCK3Q6ZbldBxzmCMI+PKrPaDw6Q4QKJtlrZRP15YY58CyGW+K9m ibUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=W5wq+ZIkgkJ3IKqfxK22IGTYdtKz5gxd/rsLKlsH3OE=; b=GncHt0D2apm12gViU7dC7Cq84tKKaqi0dQD1uecSi5fIY0dJtKNcrQX+0XWM20p/4Z hPIY6HiXn9kTC67PMf4N1lEs4z5Dwqe7H7eQ2QHvUGXZciA1fEFC0unppQaDGuj3E+T3 lk8APZKFYTiU59ZWwyKGY5+gIsWg7boCfbyInDFIydNLzmOQVz4wMO84i8PTMwvQpkvR eMotkYNz8QmTAqwDm5Hn3uExK8i7Tg42qc0k3H/2dyk2Ro6x6ra5thJLxByUlwqHoQXw 06ePESU3UXPprR9aoOwPT9UscBpyLjmsUY7n7D227FO+FJ+xJ/hJZbQ/obCuw6PhrQtu xN3Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39ltEL9c9NEfR9zwgtGhBI3GzuzQfCk+wWkgc+Pih/ewW7wQdRFfN8TkVA6d+sQWGQUSaMmoEHlDaNPfYA== X-Received: by 10.223.183.6 with SMTP id l6mr8296786wre.60.1488677169298; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:26:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.128.133 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Mar 2017 17:26:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Adrian Chadd Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 17:26:08 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Doing 802.11ac drivers for GSoC 2017 To: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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, 05 Mar 2017 01:26:11 -0000 hiya! Which chipset is it! porting a driver is a big task, but it all depends on what it is! -adrian On 4 March 2017 at 17:17, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"