Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:38227 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752947Ab1BUQnq (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:43:46 -0500 Received: by eyx24 with SMTP id 24so336547eyx.19 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:43:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D62963D.9020806@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:43:41 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mathieu Malaterre CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8192SE support ? (aka r8192se_pci) References: <4D628D75.1070907@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/21/2011 10:12 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Larry Finger wrote: >> On 02/21/2011 03:35 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> As far as I know driver for rtl8192su will be added to kernel >>> 2.6.38. By any chance does anyone knows if rtl8192se will make it into >>> this release ? >> >> As part of our collaborative effort, Realtek has sent me a mac80211-based >> driver for the RTL8192SE. It will be submitted to the wireless mailing list >> for review once the driver for the RTL8192CU is accepted. The earliest this >> would happen is 2.6.39, but I think 2.6.40 is more realistic. I also have a >> driver for the RTL8192DE that will follow the RTL8192SE. > > Dear Larry, > > Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. > Would it be possible to be part of some kind of testing group for > this 'new' driver. I have been using r8192se_pci (*) for a couple of > days, but I have the feeling this driver keeps filling in my > computer's memory. I have to reboot to clean the memory (I have not > found any other way). > > Using linux 2.6.37 from debian unstable It will take me a few days, but I should be able to send you patches to incorporate the rtl8192se driver. Larry