From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8ECC352AA for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:48:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A38CA215EA for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:48:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727133AbfJAUsr (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:48:47 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([193.142.43.55]:56947 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726823AbfJAUsr (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:48:47 -0400 Received: from bigeasy by Galois.linutronix.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1iFP4e-0004kE-9H; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:48:44 +0200 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 22:48:44 +0200 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Support for RTL8188FU Message-ID: <20191001204844.6gogluy4nchphh7p@linutronix.de> References: <20191001160305.qrl4nt2jmdsogaaz@linutronix.de> <3af284c7-ee46-dd42-9549-de55feae2528@lwfinger.net> <20191001174612.4kj3mt3h5epidyyk@linutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 2019-10-01 13:52:30 [-0500], Larry Finger wrote: > If that is what you read, that is not what I meant. > > The staging driver is really old and does not support nl80211 and friends. > If you are willing to undertake a 6 to 12-month rewrite of the driver you > have, and it supports RTL8188EU, then a replacement of the staging driver > would be what you should do. If you do not want to make that kind of time > commitment, then a GitHub repo would be your best bet; however, GitHub > already has 5 such repos for the rtl8188fu. As far as I can tell, none of > them are yours. > > The first thing I would do is clone the v5.2.2.4 branch of > lwfinger/rtl8188eu at GitHub, add the USB ID for your device, and see if > that works. I expect it will. If so, that would get you quite a ways toward > the changes needed to get that driver into staging. Thank you for clearing that up. > Larry Sebastian