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WiFi Refresh
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Phil Nelson
2018-06-26 15:47:37 UTC
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The NetBSD Foundation is pleased to announce a summer 2018 contract
with Philip Nelson (***@NetBSD.org) to update the IEEE 802.11 stack
basing the update on the FreeBSD current code. The goals of the
project are:

-- Minimizing the differences between the FreeBSD and
NetBSD IEEE 802.11 stack so future updates are easier.

-- Adding support for the newer protocols 801.11/N and 802.11/AC.

-- Improving SMP support in the IEEE 802.11 stack.

-- Adding Virtual Access Point (VAP) support.

-- Updating as many NIC drivers as time permits for the updated
IEEE 802.11 stack and VAP changes.

Status reports will be posted to tech-***@NetBSD.org every other week
while the contract is active.

--Phil

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Jason Thorpe
2018-06-26 16:15:51 UTC
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This is excellent news!
Post by Phil Nelson
The NetBSD Foundation is pleased to announce a summer 2018 contract
basing the update on the FreeBSD current code. The goals of the
-- Minimizing the differences between the FreeBSD and
NetBSD IEEE 802.11 stack so future updates are easier.
-- Adding support for the newer protocols 801.11/N and 802.11/AC.
-- Improving SMP support in the IEEE 802.11 stack.
-- Adding Virtual Access Point (VAP) support.
-- Updating as many NIC drivers as time permits for the updated
IEEE 802.11 stack and VAP changes.
while the contract is active.
--Phil
-- thorpej


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Paul Goyette
2018-06-26 21:52:34 UTC
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Post by Phil Nelson
The NetBSD Foundation is pleased to announce a summer 2018 contract
basing the update on the FreeBSD current code. The goals of the
-- Minimizing the differences between the FreeBSD and
NetBSD IEEE 802.11 stack so future updates are easier.
-- Adding support for the newer protocols 801.11/N and 802.11/AC.
-- Improving SMP support in the IEEE 802.11 stack.
-- Adding Virtual Access Point (VAP) support.
-- Updating as many NIC drivers as time permits for the updated
IEEE 802.11 stack and VAP changes.
while the contract is active.
Excellent news!

I wonder if it might be possible to "package" the 802.11 stack as a
loadable kernel module? :)



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