Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:53:50 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <20140901105350.GJ57121@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <5403AD08.60605@pinyon.org> References: <C18F5819-A884-4A86-9FBA-FF7CEFF70695@gmail.com> <CAJ-VmombJ8Ky8Lmj70YgUH7%2BfQkiwJQ9XyD7OqfkYfx7=OfdcA@mail.gmail.com> <20140830195721.GA12450@neutralgood.org> <CAJ-Vmonu2T9qK-XFn4qEeikN4HYz4rySFL%2BdJYxBkss%2B2O0xpg@mail.gmail.com> <5403AD08.60605@pinyon.org>
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--GvznHscUikHnwW2p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 04:17:28PM -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 08/31/14 00:46, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > On 30 August 2014 12:57, <kpneal@pobox.com> 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 proj= ect, > >> 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? > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 >=20 > 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.) >=20 > I'm a wired-by-default guy, with a house full of CAT5, but the > future is wireless. >=20 I guess the problem is not the money but finding someone who actually knows what to do. --GvznHscUikHnwW2p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJUBFA+XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RjQwMDE3RTRERjUzMTI1N0FGRTUxNDlF NTRDQjM3RDNBMDg5RDZEAAoJEOVMs306CJ1tHCkH/Amc/mEobXLDHCkktOsj9Zdu f1w7rwlX3hE4fNSR2tJySmq+aAyE/GQ627J+3uH4VEhytpKaJyApJic3VnynyKDW 8mlQNCuUPGQTDAY+2iWkrb8Qqy/ZbtUt0SLFP2esuhJruTfnY32S+LfP9BSAJzMs gAXY3s2Am0WLUagzzbVghbU0I72a3g7qCSu4GvZhGLhtFwoskVJJQxqy/+cV+X8/ pllk6PVb1ruAbrGjgaVD6sGXVSQcl5txSsq4EyJtDmj2QEqfWssKJ9Dc9eKFwN6R N1flC+g5VJv+UhqaQWy+DuEao5bXm2rxogeAcPo8KuR7sMgrNjjDwO5aBIzxjrs= =BEI/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvznHscUikHnwW2p--
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