From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
To: Fisher Grubb <fisher.grubb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Realtek USB WiFi rtl8192eu
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 22:40:21 -0400
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Fisher Grubb <fisher.grubb@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Jes,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Ok, so I assume I just Google how to bring/compile a newer
> "unreleased" driver into a previous kernel version.
>
> Do I just need my current kernel's headers and typical GCC build toolchain?
>
> This is for Debian 7.9 on the ARM based BeagleBone Black board (Texas
> Instruments Sitara AM3358 CPU), which I uses kernel v3.8.13-bone79.
>
> I'm asking in case there's a big difference between kernel 3 to 4 for
> this type of driver to be compiled.
>
> I'm pretty sure certain kernel customisations were added by Robert
> Nelson for this board (I think he is quite involved with
> porting/fixing stuff for this board and the raspberry pi) , so I don't
> know how easy it would be for me to use a version 4 kernel.

Bringing back the driver into an older kernel is an open question. No
idea if that will work or not. Also note that ARM support is very
lightly tested and I do not believe anyone tested rtl8192eu support with
ARM.

Note that the driver currently does not support MESH and AP mode.

Jes