Re: 8812ae driver

Re: 8812ae driver

[Larry Finger]

On 10/9/20 5:14 PM, Mal C wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> 
> Thank you for getting back to me. Here are the outputs. I am on 5.8 kernel. I've 
> tried blacklisting the "rtl8821ae" preinstalled maodule in order to allow the 
> 8812au to take over but it seems to do nothing. Also, I have tried unbinding 
> from usr/src but the echo command keeps returning a "no such device" error. I 
> really appreciate any time and advice you can provide.
> 
> 
> -Mal
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 5:01 PM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 
> <mailto:Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/9/20 2:05 PM, Mal C wrote:
>      > Hello Larry,
>      >
>      > I hope this email finds you well.
>      >
>      > I found your email on github and wanted to reach out to first thank you for
>      > making the drivers and also to see if you could provide some advice.
>      >
>      > I'm using asus pce-ac51 which has the 8812ae chipset and I just cannot
>     seem to
>      > get the driver and all working properly. Initially, I was running linux
>     mint on
>      > a machine that I just built a few months ago. For some reason, the module
>     would
>      > only work if I ran the install script and rebooted. Then, after that
>     session,
>      > the module would be forgotten and I would have to go through the same
>     process
>      > again. Then it stopped working altogether, even with the install and reboot.
>      >
>      > Now, I am running the newest manjaro release and have just tried to
>     install your
>      > module again. I followed all of the steps exactly and had no issues, but
>     there
>      > is no recognition at all of the wifi card.
>      >
>      > I am wondering if you have encountered this problem before and if you
>     might have
>      > any advice. My only idea is that there might be a dependency issue with some
>      > other wifi module that came with the manjaro installation but it's just a
>     guess.
> 
>     Normally, I do not answer private E-mail, and I probably will not answer any
>     more of yours. If you want an answer, CC linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>     <mailto:linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>!
> 
>     First of all, I did not write the driver. I only make it available to persons
>     running older kernels. The only other instance of the driver not working was
>     from a guy that actually had an Atheros chip, not a Realtek one.
> 
>     Once the driver is installed, it should continue to work for that kernel. A
>     change in the kernel would force it to be reloaded. I am assuming that your
>     kernel is older than 5.9. If that is not true, then you need to use the driver
>     in the kernel.
> 
>     Please post the output of 'lspci -nn' and check the output of 'dmesg | less'
>     for
>     any mention of "rtw".
> 

Where are the answers to my questions? If you want my help, then you need to 
participate!!!!

The rtl8812ae chip is driven by the rtl8821ae driver. An 8812au is a USB device, 
whereas the ones that end in an "e" are PCIe devices. Do you really think that 
they will interfere?

Larry