From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EFD4C25B48 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231138AbjJZJt0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:49:26 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38764 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230257AbjJZJt0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:49:26 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E945B191; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F324C433C8; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:49:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698313763; bh=ncOp1N3ea9kk7KOsgsA6VBFVmgEpZN509tgZREJl3nI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=nYXOeX9DvwUB+3aK3+/M2o7umYxQkiX614IgM/dz6QQUgLin0rb/tevRZ5GKkNAFQ qvVgvbclmMTkgbU7mFfK2UaWXDDz54TyUV+B126gobsPLpP6BbW/gASlmmCmpXC8Kf IMP6Yq1/B//x3DS6NM3vSLnh7sHcfYVBLkoMgV1Y0N0K9FkD/jRYy74jAzJvpJqbdF 2qQd3WuJUrlch/+kJVNo7me+AqaIx+KIg7EsauYZtErmrveOhXoVhRr7VOSfZ9sW6e kON1WQhgi/1UrkGISBe7RuW2QbbdS6jpg7CpgHPzsINfXGL/CsbviAx6PbyvEq0Rt/ GwJp7g3bvdzXg== From: Kalle Valo To: Philipp Hortmann Cc: Witold Baryluk , arnd@kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, arnd@arndb.de, claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev, davem@davemloft.net, geert@linux-m68k.org, geoff@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, gregory.greenman@intel.com, ilw@linux.intel.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, kuba@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, pavel@ucw.cz, quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, stas.yakovlev@gmail.com, stf_xl@wp.pl Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers References: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:49:16 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Philipp Hortmann's message of "Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:48:18 +0200") Message-ID: <87jzr9d883.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Philipp Hortmann 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