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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:54:24 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: Support for RTL8188FU
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 03:48:09PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> What would be the challenges to get the 8188f Realtek driver upstream?
> Looking at the todo list for the staging driver, it is mostly clean up
> and checkpatch kind of thing. The more difficult/non mechanic task is to
> convince the driver to use lib80211/mac80211 layer.

Tht mac80211 layer stuff is probably the biggest issue.

thanks,

greg k-h