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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
Cc: alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Witold Baryluk <witold.baryluk@gmail.com>,
	pavel@ucw.cz, gregory.greenman@intel.com, stf_xl@wp.pl,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, ilw@linux.intel.com,
	geert@linux-m68k.org, kuba@kernel.org, stas.yakovlev@gmail.com,
	arnd@arndb.de, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, arnd@kernel.org,
	geoff@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev,
	johannes@sipsolutions.net, quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:49:16 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzr9d883.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c608f328-387e-431b-b3c2-4b8fa0c4f11f@gmail.com> (Philipp Hortmann's message of "Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:48:18 +0200")

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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  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-26  9:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAEGMnwo6RFqADPO5FRkRUNL=GfV6DY8UuwgsypEYOD3LTnXdJg@mail.gmail.com>
2023-10-25 22:48 ` [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Philipp Hortmann
2023-10-26  9:49   ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2023-10-26  9:51     ` Johannes Berg
2023-10-26  9:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-27  7:07   ` Greg KH
2023-10-23 13:19 [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers Arnd Bergmann
     [not found] ` <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org>
2023-10-23 14:39   ` [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 23:43   ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2023-10-24  9:30     ` Kalle Valo

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