From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Andrea Laisa <andrea.laisa@studenti.unimi.it>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: Questions about my idea (for gsoc)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:16:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190401171627.GA20615@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <316dadf7-29a7-4a2e-96e5-4e00e59d9286@studenti.unimi.it>
On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 06:19:12PM +0200, Andrea Laisa wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm a student that want to do a google summer of code with you during this
> summer.
Who is "you" here? What project specifically are you looking to apply
to that asked you to post on the kernelnewbies list?
> My idea is to write a Linux driver for a proprietary network protocol used
> by the outdoor Gemtek antennas(which are essentially a LTE modem) to
> communicate over ethernet+LLC to the indoor Gemtek Access Points. My goal is
> to allow anyone to use any Linux-based router (like a Turris Omnia/openwrt)
> instead of a Gemtek Access Point.
>
> I think it's a great idea but I have some questions.
>
> -In which area my idea is located? networking?
> -Should the idea implemented as Linux driver or as userspace program?
Step back and answer these questions:
- do you have documentation for how this protocol works?
- do you have access to hardware where you could test these kernel
changes?
If you don't have that, then this might not be the best project to work
on :(
thanks,
greg k-h
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-01 16:19 Questions about my idea (for gsoc) Andrea Laisa
2019-04-01 17:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <4d84791d-c866-da7c-7036-27b217a8062b@studenti.unimi.it>
2019-04-01 18:37 ` Andrea Laisa
2019-04-01 18:53 ` Bharath Vedartham
2019-04-01 19:43 ` Andrea Laisa
2019-04-01 19:49 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2019-04-01 20:51 ` Cindy-Sue Causey
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