--- wikisrc/Driver_state_matrix.mdwn 2021/08/22 09:53:46 1.2 +++ wikisrc/Driver_state_matrix.mdwn 2021/08/22 10:24:57 1.3 @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# Current state of wifi drivers + We currently have 27 wifi drivers in the source tree. A few of them have already been converted for the wifi renewal branch (see [[Wifi renewal on hg]]). | Device| at | usbwifi | converted | tested | @@ -39,3 +41,11 @@ usbwifi = +/-/? means: at this point it Currently the drivers for urtwn(4) and rtwn(4) are converted, the former using usbwifi (see [[tutorials/Converting USB drivers to usbwifi(9)]]), but it is not clear if there is a unified aproach that lets the usb frontend profit from usbwifi while not stopping the usb and the other frontends from sharing most parts of the driver - this still has to be evaluated. Other drivers sharing similar chipsets accross different busses including usb have not yet been converted, they are marked with +/-/? in the usbwifi column of above table. + +# Looking for hardware + +For every chipset without a [1] mark in the table above, I am looking for hardware: + + * if you have spare wifi hardware for PCI, pcmcia or cardbus and would be willing to donate it to a good home, please contact me privately (I am in germany, shipping from within europe and UK should be cheap) + + * if you have a link where to buy a cheap USB or PCIe wifi dongle with known chipset that is not marked [1] in above table, please also contact me privately