Am 27.10.2014 um 16:20 schrieb John W. Linville: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:02:00AM +0800, Etna wrote: >> I am not a developer, but I stumbled upon this just a couple of days ago in >> the OpenWRT forums: >> >> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=53215 >> >> In short, MediaTek is looking for volunteers to help get their drivers >> mainlined in the upstream kernels; this includes drivers for their USB and >> PCI wifi hardware under both the MediaTek and Ralink brands. They are >> willing to provide "chip info, reference driver, dev board, etc" and even >> some degree of sponsorship, apparently subject to their management's >> approval. >> >> In exchange, they require that the volunteers fulfill the following >> requirements: >> - skilled in wifi driver development >> - provide a suitable schedule / roadmap >> - be able to get the code mainlined in the official linux kernel. >> >> Those who are keen on taking up the task can contact the original poster at >> hua.shao[AT]mediatek.com >> >> **Disclaimer: I am in no way related to, or under the employ of MediaTek or >> Ralink. I am only posting this here because I have a handful of MT wifi >> chips which I hope to see being supported in the upstream kernel so that I >> can actually use them under Linux, > > Well, this is mostly good to see. I hope there is someone that wants > to take-up the cause! > > If someone is interested in working-on the project above but for > whatever reason doesn't want to deal with MediaTek on their own, > feel free to contact me. I'll try to be helpful however I can. > > Thanks, > > John Sounds interesting and as perfect possibility to learn. I would like to do it, but i have two concerns: - i never wrote an wifi driver from scratch. - i'm seeking for a job. It means if i will find one, this project will get lower priority. If nobody has problems with this two points, then i'm ok. -- Regards, Oleksij
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