Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f175.google.com ([209.85.128.175]:51281 "EHLO mail-wr0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751407AbdIQQFt (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:05:49 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f175.google.com with SMTP id z39so4586566wrb.8 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 09:05:48 -0700 (PDT) To: linux-wireless , Charles Chambers From: Xose Vazquez Perez Subject: Re: Wifi driver for RTL8191SU Message-ID: <3aaaf30c-c62a-8cf6-b2dd-76cdeb5dfbec@gmail.com> (sfid-20170917_180553_160252_52B4DA96) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:05:46 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Charles Chambers wrote: > I have a USB wifi adapter based on the subject chipset. Debian Linux > for its new release (9.x) incorporates version 4.9 of the kernel, which > does not work with the existing driver for this USB wifi adapter. The > driver for it (under Debian 8.x) shows as "r8712U". There's a movement > afoot to update the driver. > > Any idea when an updated driver (or a wide beta restoring *some* > functionality) could be expected? There are three drivers: - r8712u from staging, crappy with no future in staging or drivers/net/wireless - r92su or rtl8192su from https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su More info about Realtek at: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rtl819x