Return-path: Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:48499 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755082Ab0J3SLg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:11:36 -0400 Received: by mail-vw0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 13so1466466vws.19 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:11:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20101030144947.GA2058@tuxdriver.com> References: <201010292202.25486.s.L-H@gmx.de> <694082.86488.qm@web56803.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <4CCB99CB.9000400@lwfinger.net> <20101030144947.GA2058@tuxdriver.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:11:14 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Realtek rtl8188 support? To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Larry Finger , Walter Goldens , Stefan Lippers-Hollmann , wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 4:49 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:06:35PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >> On 10/29/2010 04:27 PM, G?bor Stefanik wrote: >> > >> > AFAIK we only add staging drivers that will eventually move out of >> > staging. r8712 has no chance of ever leaving staging; a completely new >> > driver needs to be written (because it isn't mac80211-based). >> >> That is correct, but it should not be too long until there is a mac80211 driver >> for that chip. I just got GPLd sources from Realtek for a mac80211-based driver >> for the RTL8192CE PCIe device. It will need only a small amount of work to make >> it ready for mainline. The critical part is that it uses the same chip as is >> used in the RTL8712 USB device. > > Sounds like good news... > >> For those that are interested in the RTL8187SE, I'm told that they have a >> working mac80211 driver for it, but that it is not yet stable. > > More good news! ?Even if that device is aging, this indicates that > Realtek is getting serious about working with the community, even on > older devices. However, it may be a good idea to indicate that "it is not yet stable" AFAIK doesn't preclude inclusion... > > John > -- > John W. Linville ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Someday the world will need a hero, and you > linville@tuxdriver.com ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?might be all we have. ?Be ready. > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)