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[209.85.128.169]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i203sm8988728wmf.12.2017.03.04.17.54.14 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:54:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr0-f169.google.com with SMTP id g10so95410905wrg.2 for ; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:54:14 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.223.130.214 with SMTP id 80mr9124069wrc.43.1488678854802; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:54:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.134.113 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Mar 2017 17:54:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 02:54:14 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Doing 802.11ac drivers for GSoC 2017 To: Adrian Chadd Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 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 02:01:31 -0000 Hi, I'm not quite sure where should I look for the information. I'm on Linux at the moment and here's the output of several commands: `lshw -class network`: description: Wireless interface product: Wireless 3160 vendor: Intel Corporation ... capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.8.0-40-generic firmware=17.352738.0 ip=192.168.1.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:52 memory:e4000000-e4001fff `lspci -vv -s 02:00.0`: 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 93) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 ... Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi Thanks! :) ! --Mateusz On 5 March 2017 at 02:26, Adrian Chadd wrote: > 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" >