From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yi0-f46.google.com ([209.85.218.46]:38009 "EHLO mail-yi0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754732Ab1A1E1B (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:27:01 -0500 Received: by yib18 with SMTP id 18so902340yib.19 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:27:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D4245B7.1010906@lwfinger.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:27:35 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: raghunathan.kailasanathan@wipro.com CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unable to put RTL8192SU in master mode References: <6D6CA94E9F944C45ABD35E9F7E1CAE619BBF56D579@BLR-SJP-MB02.wipro.com> <4D4183BD.3060609@lwfinger.net> <6D6CA94E9F944C45ABD35E9F7E1CAE619BBF56D5E7@BLR-SJP-MB02.wipro.com> In-Reply-To: <6D6CA94E9F944C45ABD35E9F7E1CAE619BBF56D5E7@BLR-SJP-MB02.wipro.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/27/2011 10:05 PM, raghunathan.kailasanathan@wipro.com wrote: > > > Thanks Larry. I am using the 8712u, so it should be the realtek one. I am on > a older kernel (2.6.27) hence using the staging one would require some backporting > effort. > > BTW what are the key differences between both ? Only that r8712u works on 64-bit systems. In addition, it was cleaned up for kernel inclusion. My starting source was a beta version that never got released. Because it does not use mac80211, backporting might not be that difficult. Larry