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 <0...@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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