[Buildroot] [PATCH v6 1/1] rtl8821au: new package

From: Christian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v6 1/1] rtl8821au: new package
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:29:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+h8R2o7sa9ChHJxZOrJeUFAX7qUzCtp4Vnv_kdD9K4sVtMPvw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1507241546220.30794@localhost>

Hey Hans,

It's not unusual in Buildroot to have long commit messages when a package
is first added.

I've addressed your concerns and respun the patch.

Christian

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 6:50 AM Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Note : I'm new on the list, so I had insert this tread by hand !
>
> I'm the one working on the RTL8821AU driver.
>
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Christian Stewart wrote:
>
> > Adding a kernel module based USB wifi driver. There is no official
> > version of this driver that works properly on ARM and with newer USB
> > WiFi cards. This driver version builds module 8821au and is based on a
> > kernel module release from ASUS with various fixes integrated in.
>
> This message will be commited please change.
>
> The I think the difference between the version from ASUS and mine based
> the one Edimax are in the handling of the LED.
> Maybe there are more ...
>
> > I've switched to use ulli-kroll's branch of rtl8821au. While it's based
> > on an older vendor version, it has binary firmware and around ~1800
> > commits of work to improve the driver. I think this work is probably
> > more valuable than the vendor's updates.
> >
>
> -> git send-email --compose
> Will add some message an intreductory message
>
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/package/rtl8821au/0001-disable-default-debug.patch
>
> I do add some kind of "disable debug message"
> This will take some time, I'm currently working in the code.
>
> > +config BR2_PACKAGE_RTL8821AU
> > +     bool "rtl8821au"
> > +     depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
> > +     help
> > +       rtl8821au wifi driver
> > +
> > +       https://github.com/paralin/rtl8821au
>
> Please fix this URL !
>
> Maybe add some line "out of tree driver"
> And the USB3 issue I found inthe HW as you can read in
> Readme.md
>
> Greetings from Cologne
> Hans Ulli Kroll
>
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