Re: MediaTek WiFi hardware support in upstream kernel

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

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
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