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 lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3DABC25B48 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:50:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20201202 header.b=nYXOeX9D; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SGLd1630Dz3cTN for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 20:50:13 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20201202 header.b=nYXOeX9D; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=2604:1380:40e1:4800::1; helo=sin.source.kernel.org; envelope-from=kvalo@kernel.org; receiver=lists.ozlabs.org) Received: from sin.source.kernel.org (sin.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:40e1:4800::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SGLc602mmz300g for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 20:49:25 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66715CE3E6C; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:49:24 +0000 (UTC) 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 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 X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Witold Baryluk , 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, nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, 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 Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" 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