Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 07:39:10 +1000
From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
To: Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 12:15:15PM +0200, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
> seems we are missing out again?

Sorry, I don't understand what this comment means?

> On 3-4-2017 11:50, Toke H?iland-J?rgensen wrote:
> > "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> writes:
> > 
> >> Except one: do you know off the top of your head of a canonical
> >> implementation of a softmac wi-fi driver.
> > 
> > I'll suggest taking a look at the ath9k driver :)
> 
> Looking at ks7010 driver it looks like it has 802.11 stack in firmware
> and not sure if Renesas is actively supporting this effort to come up
> with mac80211-friendly firmware or provide detailed chip info.

Thanks for taking a look. If the ks7010 driver has 802.11 stack in
firmware does that mean it is not compatible with using the kernel
mac80211 stack with the current firmware? I do not have my hopes up
about getting any chip information out of Renesas, all I think we have
to go in is the current WEXT driver.

This is an exercise in learning for me, but I do not want to take any
ones time up with a project that is not that useful. Is getting the
ks7010 driver out of staging something that is of use to the kernel
community or are there other wi-fi tasks that our time is better spent
on?

thanks,
Tobin.