2010-08-20 02:41:27

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: Hi,Linus Torvalds. There's a problem in r8192u driver in Linux new kernel.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:37:09PM +0800, Jerry-RealtekFAE wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam
>
> Please find the RTL8192U latest Linux driver in the attachment.
> Please try it on Kernel 2.6.35-1 again.

Could you send patches updating the in-kernel version of this driver to
your latest version? That would help everyone out in the end.

thanks,

greg k-h


2010-08-20 03:34:37

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: Hi,Linus Torvalds. There's a problem in r8192u driver in Linux new kernel.

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 09:58:26PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 08/19/2010 07:15 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:37:09PM +0800, Jerry-RealtekFAE wrote:
> >> Dear Sir/Madam
> >>
> >> Please find the RTL8192U latest Linux driver in the attachment.
> >> Please try it on Kernel 2.6.35-1 again.
> >
> > Could you send patches updating the in-kernel version of this driver to
> > your latest version? That would help everyone out in the end.
>
> I have a copy of the driver that Realtek calls the r8712 for the RTL8192 USB
> devices. All of the dead code and the unneeded configuration sections have been
> removed. It will be submitted to staging as soon as Realtek signs off on the
> copyright info. For some reason, it has taken them several weeks and I still
> have no answer. This new driver is stable - the connection stays up for days. I
> expect that it will replace the current one in staging.

Wonderful, that's great news.

Jerry, any word on getting the copyright sign off moved along?

thanks,

greg k-h

2010-08-20 02:57:30

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Hi,Linus Torvalds. There's a problem in r8192u driver in Linux new kernel.

On 08/19/2010 07:15 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:37:09PM +0800, Jerry-RealtekFAE wrote:
>> Dear Sir/Madam
>>
>> Please find the RTL8192U latest Linux driver in the attachment.
>> Please try it on Kernel 2.6.35-1 again.
>
> Could you send patches updating the in-kernel version of this driver to
> your latest version? That would help everyone out in the end.

I have a copy of the driver that Realtek calls the r8712 for the RTL8192 USB
devices. All of the dead code and the unneeded configuration sections have been
removed. It will be submitted to staging as soon as Realtek signs off on the
copyright info. For some reason, it has taken them several weeks and I still
have no answer. This new driver is stable - the connection stays up for days. I
expect that it will replace the current one in staging.

Larry