Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52137 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753822AbbIHVEE (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:04:04 -0400 From: Jes Sorensen To: Larry Finger Cc: Kalle Valo , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] rtl8xxxu (mac80211) driver for rtl8188[cr]u/rtl8192cu/rtl8723au References: <1440968574-29490-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> <87y4gjfw10.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <55EC71DB.7060007@lwfinger.net> <87d1xufvio.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <55EDAEC9.701@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:04:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <55EDAEC9.701@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:35:37 -0500") Message-ID: (sfid-20150908_230417_844670_2C4F509E) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger writes: > On 09/07/2015 04:06 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Larry Finger writes: >> Ok. Can't we start just rtl8xxxu having just devices NOT supported by >> rtlwifi drivers? All other devices would be under >> CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED until we think the support is ready and we can >> make the switch by moving from untested to tested category. And at the >> same time disable/remove those devices from rtlwifi. > > Yes, that will work as long as we make CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED be > EXPERIMENTAL to keep the distros from enabling it. In addition, a > separate GitHub repo for rtl8xxxu should be made available with > conditional code added to enable builds for kernels 3.10 or > later. Then users that complain about some problem with rtl8192cu can > be directed to that driver. If someone wants to maintain a backported version of the driver for certain kernels, that is fine with me. It should probably be in the form of an out-of tree build package, so maybe simply a tarball would suffice? Cheers, Jes