Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:58900 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751120AbbJWN7M (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:59:12 -0400 From: Jes Sorensen To: Xose Vazquez Perez Cc: linux-wireless , Kalle Valo , Larry Finger Subject: Re: overlap of devices in rtl8xxxu and rtl8192cu References: <562A2711.9040700@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:59:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <562A2711.9040700@gmail.com> (Xose Vazquez Perez's message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:24:49 +0200") Message-ID: (sfid-20151023_155915_629241_E4022B60) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Xose Vazquez Perez writes: > Kalle Valo wrote: > >>> 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. It does lack certain features found in the >>> staging driver, such as power management, AMPDU, 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 >> >> Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git. > > There is overlap of devices between rtl8xxxu and rtl8192cu: > USB_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0x8176 > USB_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0x8178 > USB_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0x817f > 0x7392, 0x7811 Yes, and there is also a clash with USB IDs between drivers/staging/rtl8192u and drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi - this is nothing new. Jes