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. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linvi...@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
