Return-path: Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:51726 "EHLO mail-ww0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752949Ab1HATux (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:50:53 -0400 Received: by wwe5 with SMTP id 5so5994067wwe.1 for ; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:50:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4E36F805.7050108@lwfinger.net> References: <4E36F805.7050108@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:50:51 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20110801_215056_284275_7FA29232) Subject: Re: Support for Realtek 8188RU Chipset in rtl8192cu driver? From: Lubomir Schmidt To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, george0505@realtek.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I was not in Germany for some days and had no time. I will test that next hours. Sorry for waiting. 2011/8/1 Larry Finger : > On 07/25/2011 06:47 AM, Lubomir Schmidt wrote: >> >> What distribution did you mean? >> >> The old AWUS036H had the Realtek 8187L, yes. Then there came out before >> nearly >> an year the AWUS036NH and the AWUS036NEH. Both base on the Ralink 3070L >> Chipset >> and have till today the best range of all devices on the market. >> Now Alfa release the AWUS036NHR with the Realtek 8188RU and the AWUS036NHA >> with >> an Atheros AR9271. >> >> Last year i helped to get support for the Ralink Chipsets in the 2800usb >> driver. >> I got white papers and so on from the chipsets and the driver developer >> could >> connect to an laptop running 24/7 and make tests with the device. >> >> How can i help to get support? What distribution did you prefere on the >> notebook >> to connect to? > > When I looked at the driver, it turned out to be the driver for the > RTL8192CU with new additional device IDs. Please try the attached patch for > any 2.6.39 or later kernel. Meanwhile, I will see what other changes have > been made to the driver. > > =========================================================================== > > I hate to nag, but I cannot push this patch upstream and make it available > to others until you tell me that it works. > > Larry >