Doing 802.11ac drivers for GSoC 2017

[Mateusz Piotrowski]

Hi,

I'm not quite sure where should I look for the information. I'm on Linux at
the moment and here's the output of several commands:

`lshw -class network`:

    description: Wireless interface
    product: Wireless 3160
    vendor: Intel Corporation
    ...
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
wireless
    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi
driverversion=4.8.0-40-generic firmware=17.352738.0 ip=192.168.1.105
latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
    resources: irq:52 memory:e4000000-e4001fff


`lspci -vv -s 02:00.0`:

    02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 93)
            Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3160
            ...
            Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
            Kernel modules: iwlwifi

Thanks! :) !

--Mateusz


On 5 March 2017 at 02:26, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:

> hiya!
>
> Which chipset is it!
>
> porting a driver is a big task, but it all depends on what it is!
>
>
>
> -adrian
>
>
> On 4 March 2017 at 17:17, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Recently, I've tried installing FreeBSD on Lenovo Yoga 3 14. It turned
> out
> > that
> > its wireless device (which uses 802.11ac) support is not there yet
> > according to
> > [1] and [2]. Additionally, Adrian@'s presentation from BSDCan 2012 [3]
> says
> > "802.11ac support? .. it's rapidly approaching, it should be thought
> > about!" :).
> >
> > Is there any book/website/tutorial which shows how to develop network
> > drivers
> > for FreeBSD?
> >
> > I think that developing a 802.11ac driver seems to be a fine project for
> > Google
> > Summer of Code. On the other hand, I have little experience with drivers
> so
> > far
> > so it might be a better idea to focus on implementing only a part of
> > required
> > functionalities. Do you think that providing additional support for
> > 802.11ac is
> > good for a GSoC project?
> >
> > Thanks/Cheers!
> >
> > --Mateusz
> >
> > [1]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi
> > [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11
> > [3]:
> > https://www.bsdcan.org/2012/schedule/attachments/207_
> BSDCan%202012%20-%20802.11%20status%20update.pdf
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