Intel 7620AC?
Eric McCorkle
eric at metricspace.net
Sat Jun 21 02:41:58 UTC 2014
On 06/17/2014 11:48, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> You also have to be careful that you don't fall afoul of any RCU style
> patents. One of the many reasons why mac80211 from linux hasn't been
> ported over is that it contains RCU code.
Ugh. That sounds like nasty business. Is there any sort of write-up
for driver development that outlines the patents we're trying to dodge?
> I have a very basic probe/attach working. My next task is implementing
> their "transaction" layer that speaks to various busses (although the
> only thing they currently ship in Linux is PCIe.) I'm kind of hoping
> that once I've implemented that, porting the rest of the driver won't
> be so terrible-sounding.
>
Well, I'm not promising any results, and I only have time for it as a
side-project, but if you point me to what you've got or send it to me,
I'll take a swing at it.
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