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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:01:26 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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To: Arif Ali <mail@arif-ali.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: r8192se_pci or rtlwifi/rtl8192ce
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On 06/03/2011 12:29 PM, Arif Ali wrote:
> For some reason the rc1 kernel didn't work from the mainline kernels from
> ubuntu, I downloaded the latest kernel from mainline, (although it says it is
> for oneiric)
>
> i.e. The kernel below for me works
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/2011-06-02-oneiric/
>
> i.e. 3.0.0-999-generic
>
> The driver being used here is rtl8192se, and the stability issues I had are now
> gone, will test for a few more days and see how it goes.
>
> Thanks for all those people who replied

Sorry that I did not reply earlier, but I was traveling without access to Email.

The driver rtl8192se in kernel 3.0-rc1 is the correct one as you noted. For me, 
it has been very stable. There is one fix that is in the pipeline, in 
wireless-testing, but not yet in the mainline tree. The symptoms are kernel 
panics due to excessive fragmentation causing buffer allocation failures. This 
problem affects both rtl8192ce and rtl8192se. As it took a long time for me to 
have problems with the drivers, you will likely not see the problem. The fix 
should be in 3.0-rc2. If you want, I can send you the patches.

Larry