Am 28.10.2014 um 15:06 schrieb Arend van Spriel: > On 28-10-14 14:46, John W. Linville wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:19:32PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote: >>> 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. >> >> FWIW, I think MediaTek already has some form of drivers. With that >> said, it might be easier to write new mac80211-based ones than to >> adapt the existing ones. >> >>> - i'm seeking for a job. It means if i will find one, this project will >>> get lower priority. >> >> No one can ask anything more. >> >>> If nobody has problems with this two points, then i'm ok. >> >> It sounds like we have a volunteer! Let me know if you need any >> specific help or guidance. > > During LPC Felix mentioned GPLed mediatek driver for their 11ac > chipset(s?). It is on github: > > https://github.com/openwrt/mtk-wifi-gpl What is the next step? -- Regards, Oleksij
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