Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:55214 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751950AbbIFO7N (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Sep 2015 10:59:13 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] New driver: rtl8xxxu (mac80211) References: <1440968574-29490-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> <1440968574-29490-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2015 17:59:04 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1440968574-29490-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> (Jes Sorensen's message of "Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:02:54 -0400") Message-ID: <87twr7fvbb.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150906_165930_436177_0B6F7C1F) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com writes: > From: Jes Sorensen > > This is an alternate driver for a number of Realtek WiFi USB devices, > including RTL8723AU, RTL8188CU, RTL8188RU, RTL8191CU, and RTL8192CU. > It was written from scratch utilizing the Linux mac80211 stack. > > After spending months cleaning up the vendor provided rtl8723au > driver, which comes with it's own 802.11 stack included, I decided to > rewrite this driver from the bottom up. > > Many thanks to Johannes Berg for 802.11 insights and help and Larry > Finger for help with the vendor driver. > > The full git log for the development of this driver can be found here: > git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jes/linux.git > branch rtl8723au-mac80211 > > This driver is still under development, but has proven to be very > stable for me. It currently supports station mode only. It has support > for OFDM and CCK rates, as well as AMPDU. It does lack certain > features found in the staging driver, such as power management and > 40MHz channel support. In addition it does not support AD-HOC, AP, and > monitor mode support at this point. > > The driver is known to work with the following devices: > Lenovo Yoga (rtl8723au) > TP-Link TL-WN823N (rtl8192cu) > Etekcity 6R (rtl8188cu) > Daffodil LAN03 (rtl8188cu) > Alfa AWUS036NHR (rtl8188ru) > > Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen You forgot v2 from the subject. > v2: Contains fixes for problems reported by Larry Finger > --- Changelog should be under "---" line. > +static int rtl8xxxu_debug /* = 0 */; /* Avoid pointless checkpatch noise */ Either assign it to zero or ignore the checkpatch warning, but please don't do this. -- Kalle Valo