[Make-wifi-fast] [OpenWrt-Devel] openwifi: Open source Wi-Fi “chip” on zynq FPGA with Linux mac80211 on ARM

[Dave Taht]

"Xianjun Jiao (UGent-imec)" <Xianjun.Jiao at UGent.be> writes:

> Dear openwrt friends,
>
> A message may interest you. Our openwifi project is online:
>
> https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi

you guys just cheered me up, a LOT.

What will it take to get as far as 802.11n? (ac strikes me as crazy
hard)

>
> Full stack real time SDR (Software Defined Radio) Wi-Fi implementation
> on zynq FPGA with embedded ARM Linux. Compatible with Linux mac80211
> SoftMAC framework.
>
> hostapd, wpa_supplicant and other native Linux Wi-Fi tools already
> work out of the box!
>
> But for openwrt, I have too little experience, only know that it is
> also a kind of embedded Linux. 
>
> Is openwrt above the mac80211 subsystem?
>
> How much effort do you think we need to run openwrt on the openwifi
> design?
>
> If someone would like to work on this porting, we will definitely
> help!
>
> Thanks for your time, and have fun!
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Xianjun Jiao
> Senior researcher, imec-Gent university 
> 210.007, IDLab, iGent, Technologiepark 126, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
> Mobile: +32 484 57 22 32
>
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