TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD.

[Lars Engels]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 04:17:28PM -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/31/14 00:46, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > On 30 August 2014 12:57,  <kpneal at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:16:04PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >>> So yeah. Almost all of the work is done in the atheros driver side of
> >>> things. Heck, the AR9271 bits for the HAL are likely just an evenings
> >>> worth of work for me. I just don't want to deal with the USB side of
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not being paid to do any of the wireless stuff in FreeBSD, so it
> >>> has to clear the "is it fun" threshold.
> >>
> >> Personally, I don't do wireless. Ever.
> >>
> >> The real issue you just brought up is that FreeBSD is a volunteer project,
> >> and not a product. The work that gets done is either funded by someone (by
> >> dollar, mostly by businesses) that want something specific, or out of the
> >> kindness of someone's heart.
> >>
> >> If someone who cared wanted to fund FreeBSD's wireless work then would you
> >> turn down the funding?  If you were willing, what's the procedure for
> >> someone (not me) to fund the work?
> > 
> > I can't really take that on right now personally, but what I can
> > suggest is that you contact the FreeBSD foundation and let them know
> > that you'd like to see improved wireless and you're willing to donate
> > / fund the work.
> > 
> 
> Since (new|more) talent in the 80211++ space is evidently needed,
> I would suggest trying a bounty.  Maybe $5K?  That's a lot
> of money in many places in the world.  (Adrian has done
> tremendous work, but what about die bus?  It happens to
> all of us, eventually.)
> 
> I'm a wired-by-default guy, with a house full of CAT5, but the
> future is wireless.
> 

I guess the problem is not the money but finding someone who actually
knows what to do.
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