Return-path: Received: from [62.4.27.34] ([62.4.27.34]:35909 "EHLO mail.openmailbox.org" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751957AbaJ0DFP (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:05:15 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.openmailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1892E0514 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:57:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.openmailbox.org ([62.4.27.34]) by localhost (mail.openmailbox.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kO6fu5v0Uwut for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:57:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <544DB5A8.7090405@openmailbox.org> (sfid-20141027_040636_325420_A7F9A918) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:02:00 +0800 From: Etna MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: MediaTek WiFi hardware support in upstream kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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,