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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver
To:     Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On 14/03/2023 10:06, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 1:25 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>> Also the rtl8xxxu driver supports way more devices, and is a fraction of
>>>>> the overall size, making this a much better overall solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to the r8188eu developers and maintainers and reviewers over the
>>>>> years, your work allowed Linux users to use their hardware before the
>>>>> real driver was implemented properly.
> 
> Both r8188eu and rtl8188eu had support for access point mode but
> rtl8xxxu has none AFAICT.
> Is there something in the pipes to have AP mode supported?

Indeed, rtl8xxxu only supports station mode. I have been thinking about
adding support for AP mode at some point.