Re: WiFi Refresh

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Phil Nelson wrote:

> The NetBSD Foundation is pleased to announce a summer 2018 contract
> with Philip Nelson (phil%NetBSD.org@localhost) 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-net%NetBSD.org@localhost every other week
> 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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