Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:07:09 -0400 From: Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: 'Gavin Atkinson' <gavin@freebsd.org>, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GSoC 2015: FreeBSD Port of Network manager Message-ID: <54FF6B0D.5050708@pcbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <12575122.FXQfMv0qnV@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <CA%2B21acic00Nr9noK0CTeynQs0X1rxRU83xyVVBpYRkjArkFQCw@mail.gmail.com> <54FA08C7.6090304@freebsd.org> <12575122.FXQfMv0qnV@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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On 03/09/2015 12:16, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday, March 06, 2015 03:06:31 PM Allan Jude wrote: >> On 2015-03-06 15:00, Gokul Krishna wrote: >>> Hi >>> I am currently studying 2nd year of masters in embedded systems at KTH >>> Royal institute of technology , sweden. >>> I have around 2 and half years of experience in embedded linux and device >>> drivers projects. >>> I have reasonably good working and debugging knowledge of Char/Block/ >>> Network drivers in Linux and their implementation. Also Im familiar about >>> working knowledge of Realtek 8139 network device driver in Linux. >>> So I am interested to work in this project "FreeBSD porting of Network >>> manager". >>> Kindly explain me about the expected deliverables, i need to contribute >>> for this project , So I will start working for project plan with list of >>> Milestone task and design decisions for mid term deliverables and final >>> deliverables. >>> Kindly reply me. >>> thanks and regards >>> gokul >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> There is a network manager in PCBSD that works on FreeBSD, already in >> the ports tree. You might want to make sure there is some advantage to >> network manager before doing the work. >> >> the PCBSD Network Manager is part of: sysutils/pcbsd-utils-qt4 >> >> http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/pcbsd-utils-qt4 > Note that if this tool is sufficient, we really shouldn't have this idea on > the GSoC ideas list. > Yea, we've had the tool in ports for a while now. Also, the -qt4 version was replaced with -qt5, just a FYI: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/pcbsd-utils-qt5 The included network manager supports setting up IPv4/IPv6 on devices, wifi-scanning / setup, lagg support, and a handy-tray app to make connecting super-easy. We had looked at porting over NetworkManager years ago, but it was so Linux-centric it made more sense for us to develop something for FreeBSD specifically. -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software iXsystems
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