From nobody Wed Mar 08 11:39:17 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PWr293j8Rz3wHTt for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:39:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from melifaro@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PWr293711z4Dh7; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:39:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from melifaro@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1678275569; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7KCOI1DoQiWaGpUw0GHfLnKQyrWRNlX+MDS1yKUjeW8=; b=pwgr+Ugv0fVlIvZylHnjlHKhlGcs+9LfqGRqCybsMrh6HPEdnZyhd1KMscoXSILNZI1YWb mJxAy7NjJ83JXs3rox8zGLIMNeI/5oq+u7vkl6W5dIJ970YExCQRWnEafG8uiOTsngqcul sGTMoE68S6MWeAUOlsV8QMAuIU5DZKGmET0w3qYbtfZbMTZHueehFAWBmOxalto2T6II1g 0rADT1wQvvJFiDYT6STrEWXiMOZPRbpDHL+G8Ekxh4l0Nag9T9ir67r3wVf73owcgZCp00 gIDNkUJx/AMvOTJ6uTAgEGiNmMb2p06sK4AAZckxHrINNYEZ0I21OK9GaRssJA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1678275569; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7KCOI1DoQiWaGpUw0GHfLnKQyrWRNlX+MDS1yKUjeW8=; b=V2cCoehCGXefDVNS6Ds5Jdh8LDm6eE01Zr9s1diHiEN21AqYbwA4iIZeLhS0cr9XqbyRHD hb8Bac3J3D8s4vMiBgDeC4C6y6sqJAdTjhiPRgekziNGGcrAw7yqGMSyqELS9owZwEjzF2 ADrDSurqy/OPgKbKmfHiqqc/r/KuodP2SwJI0g+/XaIxmYk+EQaaezmLEba0G0opy/Qy8h 7P9hUr33kjnXphYtfdQfDVZYwognX5FfD4xBNUYVBggyEnYYN51JaEurqx7UrJn+VNhqn5 rSqeUVSTyA8PpYhHhGoxbBPfvIO86jw3sOWO8/Ydl1n9kCqZqICJilNgkZJg9A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1678275569; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=d4D0ahcp5y4sUw88wcxJiPljfZXpmulPdOE4ha+NzS28t5Bzr0TpheNTw0JN6+Osm/Vgkv c2IpWk1Rmd8nl4C52zk4VcwpIA4/2ANc0OfLWRinA7zEfhtKTQD/KrVG/fEgw8aooELWkB z/Nm09GkoHlDY2iLSrdVLgG4umkfEykAVdbkxyJh0amvZEa6rk8AoqIFq2PGheDLb5v9yY 9Z3GD8sGz2qZLioBAzViNDxxNwlfjcRoVHqQhb0xhwQKS9DbyzwYSktnxRY2RK7RdZsrq4 G0r6tLEpL70U3Pn5fcn2pTFz5571nt9ql5zJHlUVv1zcCRqHp13utE7yiDEkzw== Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [IPv6:2a02:8084:d6bb:510:a88f:9fc6:d013:a3bf]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: melifaro/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4PWr285S11z11Dg; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:39:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from melifaro@freebsd.org) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.400.51.1.1\)) Subject: Re: GSoC 2023 project ideas From: Alexander Chernikov In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:39:17 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" , mmokhi@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6A5AFC7F-DF90-4B08-A88A-7512D1C930CE@freebsd.org> References: To: obiwac X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.400.51.1.1) X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N [adding bz@ and mmokhi@ to the cc] > On 8 Mar 2023, at 09:19, obiwac wrote: >=20 > Hi! Hi! >=20 > I'm a CS student from Belgium and I'm interested in participating in > Google Summer of Code as a FreeBSD contributor. I've been using > FreeBSD for a bit over two years and I've already upstreamed a few > patches over that time, but I'd like to give back in a little more of > a meaningful way :) That=E2=80=99s awesome! >=20 > More specifically, I was thinking of proposing work on the Linux KPI > for compiling network drivers on FreeBSD once the applications open > (see SummerOfCodeIdeas: > = https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Add_support_for_building_Linux-= only_network_drivers). >=20 > I see netlink was the subject of a previous SoC project by Sean Ng > (and their mentor melifaro@), so it would seem at least some part of > this has already been done. Would someone potentially be interested in > mentoring such a project (perhaps mmokhi@ or melifaro@)? Is there > maybe something you'd like to add on top of what's currently on the > ideas page wrt to this? Netlink indeed landed in FreeBSD 13/14. I=E2=80=99ll leave the reply to Bjoern as he certainly have more context = on the improvement opportunities in the LinuxKPI space. >=20 > I'm posting this message is mostly to gauge overall interest in this > idea in particular or if I'd be better off focusing my efforts on > something else... Personally I'd be very interested in working on this > if only for personal use, but maybe there's something I'd be equally > interested in which is more useful to more people ;) >=20 > Kind regards, > Aymeric >=20 /Alexander