Hey guys, let me first introduce myself. I'm Patrick Steinhardt, student of information technology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, in the 6th term of the bachelor degree course. As a side job I am employed by the IVU Traffic Technologies AG since two and a half years, developing enterprise software in C, C++ and Java. I am interested in applying for the Google Summer of Code at the Linux Foundation. I've always been interested in getting in touch with low level programming and the Linux kernel but because of the seeminlgy high hurdle of getting into it I never dared to start. That's why I see a great chance for me to get into kernel programming through the GSoC program, encouraging me to dive into the unknown and getting help wherever I need it. My point of interest with the wireless code is especially the b43 driver. I own a relatively old Macbook with a Broadcom 14e4:432b wireless card. To be honest, it doesn't really work well with the b43 driver. But as I do not want to rely on the proprietary wl driver indefinitly I'd like to improve b43 to fully handle my card. My current relevant skillset unfortunately only includes experience with C, various relating tools (gdb, valgrind, perf) and some x86 assembler. But I've got no exprience with wireless technology (even though I'm currently visiting a lecture which covers low level wireless technologies like wireless LAN) or hardware near programming. Do you think it is possible to get into the topic fast and deep enough to accomplish my goals? Are there any other thoughts or culprits I should take into account? Regards, Patrick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
