From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:48802 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751466AbdDCJzr (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 05:55:47 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: "Tobin C. Harding" Cc: Wolfram Sang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , devel@linuxdriverproject.org, Tycho Andersen , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] remove custom Michael MIC implementation References: <1490935659-7196-1-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc> <20170331075851.GB1435@katana> <20170331102113.GA2930@eros> <87fuhq6par.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> <20170403090359.GK3755@eros> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:55:41 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20170403090359.GK3755@eros> (Tobin C. Harding's message of "Mon, 3 Apr 2017 19:03:59 +1000") Message-ID: <87o9wdolwi.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20170403_115619_364412_CE427CC2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "Tobin C. Harding" writes: >> >> But if you want a clean WEXT driver first, this is a step in the right >> >> direction. >> > >> > Let's go for a CFG80211 driver and get out of staging :) So next step >> > is I guess study the ath6kl driver, learn how CFG80211 is done and >> > implement that interface in ks7010? Oh, and test that it works. >> >> Please keep linux-wireless list in loop so that people on that list can >> help. > > How newbie friendly is the linux-wireless list please? I would claim quite friendly, but I'm finnish and our definition of "friendly" seems to be very different from rest of the world ;) > I am having trouble separating the data path code from the control > path. I think I will spend a few more days on it though before asking > any questions. People do send questions to the list and most of the time they get answered. So go for it. There's also an irc channel which usually is helpful: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/support#linux_wireless_user_irc_channel > Except one: do you know off the top of your head of a canonical > implementation of a softmac wi-fi driver. You mean a mac80211 driver? mac80211_hwsim is the simplest one, but that's not a real driver as it's a simulator. Just grep ieee80211_register() to find all the drivers. Smaller drivers like rtl8xxxu or wl1251 might be good starting points to get familiar with the stack. And I guess you already saw the documentation: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/mac80211 -- Kalle Valo