Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:20:26 -0400
From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Etna <etna@openmailbox.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MediaTek WiFi hardware support in upstream kernel
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:02:00AM +0800, Etna wrote:
> I am not a developer, but I stumbled upon this just a couple of days ago in
> the OpenWRT forums:
> 
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=53215
> 
> In short, MediaTek is looking for volunteers to help get their drivers
> mainlined in the upstream kernels; this includes drivers for their USB and
> PCI wifi hardware under both the MediaTek and Ralink brands. They are
> willing to provide "chip info, reference driver, dev board, etc" and even
> some degree of sponsorship, apparently subject to their management's
> approval.
> 
> In exchange, they require that the volunteers fulfill the following
> requirements:
> - skilled in wifi driver development
> - provide a suitable schedule / roadmap
> - be able to get the code mainlined in the official linux kernel.
> 
> Those who are keen on taking up the task can contact the original poster at
> hua.shao[AT]mediatek.com
> 
> **Disclaimer: I am in no way related to, or under the employ of MediaTek or
> Ralink. I am only posting this here because I have a handful of MT wifi
> chips which I hope to see being supported in the upstream kernel so that I
> can actually use them under Linux,

Well, this is mostly good to see.  I hope there is someone that wants
to take-up the cause!

If someone is interested in working-on the project above but for
whatever reason doesn't want to deal with MediaTek on their own,
feel free to contact me.  I'll try to be helpful however I can.

Thanks,

John
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John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
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