Message-ID: <5277C837.1080203@gtri.gatech.edu> (sfid-20131104_173234_763255_BECC206C)
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:15:51 -0500
From: Joshua Roys <Joshua.Roys@gtri.gatech.edu>
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To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
CC: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	<alexandre.f.demers@gmail.com>, <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: Re: r92su: status and will it be merged anytime soon?
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On 11/04/2013 11:04 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 16:47 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
>
>> Be careful ;-). mac80211 is great for softmac/umac/halfmac/semimac dev=
ices.
>> However the rtl8712 firmware interface is fullmac-like, so it needs cf=
g80211.
>> ... and r92su uses cfg80211 exclusively. There's no more WEXT or realt=
ek ioctl
>> legacy API support.
>
> still seems there's duplicate stuff in there like the michael MIC, at
> least lib80211 has that? OTOH, that's not all that much code.
>
> johannes
>

FWIW I separately wrote a "rtlfmac" cfg80211 driver that, after all was=20
said and done, looked a lot like a barebones r92su.  I have been using=20
my driver for a few weeks now and it looks like multiple people have=20
reported success using r92su.  I believe a fullmac/cfg80211 approach is=20
completely sufficient and far superior to the mess that is rtl8712.  I=20
would be in favor of r92su replacing staging/rtl8712/.

Josh


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