Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers | Date | Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:49:16 +0300 |
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Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com> writes:
> On 10/26/23 00:27, Witold Baryluk wrote: >> I might be interested in modernizing the driver, but I have no idea >> how much effort it would be (in terms of changed fraction of code). >> 20k LOC is neither small or big, and not obvious (a lot of it would >> be unchanged), if it is a week of work, or months of work. > > Hi Witold, > > I am trying to do this with rtl8192e. > One possibility is to take the following patch series as a starting point: > https://yhbt.net/lore/all/1414604649-9105-1-git-send-email-tvboxspy@gmail.com/ > > For me as a beginner and hobbyist this is a huge task. I am happy when > I can finish it until next summer.
We also have some docs available:
https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/80211/
And I also recommend looking at our hwsim driver as that gives a good idea how a simple mac80211 driver works:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c
And you can even tinker the driver and run tests without needing any real hardware:
https://docs.kernel.org/networking/mac80211_hwsim/mac80211_hwsim.html
And if there are any questions about mac80211 or anything wireless related please send them to linux-wireless. Usually someone will answer as long the question is well formulated.
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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