Re: Help wanted on porting a library from Linux to FreeBSD

The "library" is just a demonstration of how netlink events are used in
communicating the state of the wifi subsystem on Linux. I would like to
implement the same kernel backend for FreeBSD. The "library" uses libmnl,
but I can use raw netlink sockets, it's not a problem. The problem is the
lack of support (which I would like to fix) for working with nl80211
netlink on FreeBSD. I understand that you say that most of the code is
already there, I will have a look at that. But I guess that the overall
functionality of driving your wifi module (scan feature) from the userspace
with the help of asking the kernel to do it from the kernel space is a good
idea.

On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 8:37 PM Artem Hevorhian <artemhevorhian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Great question! I am trying to implement something that I could present as
> a Master's thesis in the university.
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024, Artem Hevorhian wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > Hello everyone, I would like to port this library
>> > https://github.com/bmegli/wifi-scan over to FreeBSD. Could maybe bz@
>> help
>> > me by mentoring me in this direction? I've spoken with melifaro@, he
>> has an
>> > estimate of 3 months for this job. I would like to do that.
>>
>> By what software is that "library" used?
>>
>> I would assume most of the code for it is in lib80211/ifconfig and it's
>> a day job to replace the nl80211 with nativ code.
>>
>> Given you mentioned melifaro and 3 months I assume you want to implement
>> an nl80211 interface for FreeBSD instead?
>>
>> So let me ask, what's the real purpose for the project?
>>
>> /bz
>>
>> --
>> Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7
>>
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