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From: Sreenath Madasu <sreenath.madasu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:25:03 -0400
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Getting started on switching rtl8188eu staging driver to
 LIB80211/MAC80211
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Thanks Larry,
I will look at those drivers
Sreenath
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:42:42AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 08/23/2015 06:40 PM, Sreenath Madasu wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I want to work on the TODO tasks
> >
> > - switch to use LIB80211
> > - switch to use MAC80211
> >
> > for staging driver rtl8188eu.
> >
> > How can I start? Where is the documentation?
> 
> There is no specific documentation for this device, only what is available in 
> the mac80211, cfg80211, and nl80211 code. You could also look at the drivers in 
> drivers/net/wireless/ for ideas. The driver must be rewritten. You could 
> consider Jes Sorensen's work on producing a mac80211 driver for the RTL8723AU 
> that has been posted on this mailing list. He started with a Realtek USB driver 
> that is similar to r8188eu.
> 
> Larry
> 
>