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From:   Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Date:   Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:27:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] staging: rtl8188eu: replace driver with better version
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 22:08, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
>
> On 7/22/21 7:42 PM, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > I had to break this patchset up a bit to get around the file size limits
> > on the mailing list, and also I removed the hostapd stuff which is
> > userspace related and therefore not required.
>
> Phillip,
>
> I'm sorry that I have mislead you, but the v5.2.2.4 branch appears to be broken.
> I have not been able to get that one to work.
>
> The master branch, which is v4.1.4_6773.20130222, is working quite well. It
> suffers from the problem that when it is scanning, the USB receive buffer is
> ignored, but that is a problem with most of the Realtek USB drivers. As a
> result, the ping time to my router will sometimes get to 2 sec, rather than the
> usual 1-2 ms.That is something that I will try to fix. My suspicion is that
> scanning should be left to the network manager.
>
> This version also behaves nicely with NetworkManager.
>
> None of the source files in this branch have trailing white space.
>
> Sorry for the confusion.
>
> Larry
>
Dear Larry,

No apology necessary. I will do a patch set for the master branch in that case.

Regards,
Phil