Return-path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:48613 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753889Ab2CHWZk (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:25:40 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S5lmE-0004KV-Qt for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:25:39 +0100 Received: from f053208081.adsl.alicedsl.de ([78.53.208.81]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:25:38 +0100 Received: from drahemmaps by f053208081.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:25:38 +0100 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Martin Schleier Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code 2012 - Application for the Linux Foundation submitted Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:25:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: (sfid-20120308_232544_066567_1619AB30) References: <4F59274D.7060708@gmail.com> <4F592BE0.70706@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Till Kamppeter writes: > > On 03/08/2012 10:45 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > > So one idea I had was working on open firmware for ath9k_htc. We don't > > have the resources to open that up but can likely provide under NDA > > source code to let it get cleaned up for public release. If this is > > reasonable I'll throw it on. > > > > OK, please do it. > > Till Wait wait wait... qualcomm/Atheros does not have the resources, so how on earth should a student (or students) actually do that? Given the TODO over at [Scroll down till you get "fixed in the firmware. ]. This would be at least one years of full-time work for a small team of trained code-monkey and therefore this "project" is highly unrealistic. Maybe we should stick to something less complicated. Like extending PID to use MCS rates, or implementing a TPC control algorithm [this is stuff, every drivers could use].