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

Also, can I ask, when you mention native code, you mean 'ioctl's, right?

On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 9:08 PM Artem Hevorhian <artemhevorhian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I will have available to me as much time as is required. A year or even
> more. I guess the project can be delivered in certain portions. So the
> initial milestone could be something to show off in the thesis. The other
> parts of the work could be done afterwards. Time is not a problem here.
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024, Artem Hevorhian wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Okay.
>>
>> > I understand that you say that most of the code is
>> > already there, I will have a look at that.
>>
>> native code; not nl80211.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> I think scan is a demonstrator and probably a good start for such a
>> project
>> but by far not in any reality what needs to be implemented.
>>
>> I don't know how much time you'll have avail for your masters.
>>
>> I know we (Adrian, I, etc) had some discussions on the interface and
>> versioning etc. and what Linux had done.  I'd be curious what others
>> think about going down that road?
>>
>> /bz
>>
>> --
>> Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7
>>
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