On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:24 PM Christian Mauderer <l...@c-mauderer.de> wrote: > > Hello Utkarsh, > > On 20/02/2020 19:07, Utkarsh Rai wrote: > > Based on @Gedare Bloom's feedback, adding memory protection > > <https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2904> or enhancing Wi-fi Support in > > libbsd <https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3222> are two projects that I > > would like to work upon. > > Both sound like great projects. > > > > > For MMU support I think a lot unmerged PowerPC code is already present, > > but since I would be using BBB I would only be able to use that as a > > reference. Is it feasible to start it from scratch? > > I don't really know about the current status. But in most cases it would > be a better idea to continue the work if something exists. Otherwise > it's quite likely that you'll manage to create a similar unfinished > version as a result. Of course it depends a bit on what exists. > > > > > For Wi-Fi support, I would require an RTL8188 USB dongle along with > > JTAG (I have a J-link and am in the process of soldering the > > headers) for debugging purposes. I am not quite sure about how to handle > > the 'hot-plugging' case in this project it would be very helpful if the > > project owners could point me in the right direction. > > Regarding the RTL8188: I think that there are quite some similar > adapters that would work too. And if necessary porting another driver > from FreeBSD isn't too hard. So if you have trouble finding the RTL8188 > search for another USB dongle that is supported by FreeBSD and ask here > on the list whether it can be used too. > > Regarding the hot plug: Like the ticket tells: It's not entirely clear > yet. My first step would be to analyze what FreeBSD does and how it > detects such events. I assume that there is some kind of mechanism to > notify a userspace application of new devices. Maybe we can hook into > that mechanism? > > In that context: Please note that the ticket #3223 is strongly > connected. You can also mix some parts of the two tickets if you want. > > Best regards > > Christian > Thanks for responding with the details Christian.
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