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From:   Fabrizio del Tin <devotedmystic@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 May 2023 09:16:41 +0200
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Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8832CU compatibility
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc:     linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca>
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Hello Larry,
great news really!

Actually, the file common.mk is missing, so it fails.

#rm -f .symvers.8852cu
make ARCH=3Dx86_64 CROSS_COMPILE=3D -C /lib/modules/6.3.3-arch1-1/build
M=3D/usr/src/rtw8852cu  modules
/usr/src/rtw8852cu/Makefile:654: /usr/src/rtw8852cu/common.mk: No such
file or directory
make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/src/rtw8852cu/common.mk'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:2025: /usr/src/rtw8852cu] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:705: modules] Error 2

Fabrizio

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:45=E2=80=AFAM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger=
.net> wrote:
>
> On 5/22/23 10:35, Fabrizio del Tin wrote:
> > Thank you Larry, that would be great.
> >
> > I was just advised to return the dongle, but I still keep it.
>
> The RTW8832CU is a variant of the RTW8852CU. I received a copy of the dri=
ver
> from Realtek and fixed it to build on kernels thru 6.4.0. The driver give=
s
> reasopnable performance (350 Mpps up and down) when connected to the 5G b=
and of
> my ax1500 router. This router does not support the 6G band, thus I cannot=
 say
> whether it would work for that 3rd band.
>
> To get a copy, do the following:
>
> git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw8852cu.git
> cd rtw8852cu
> make
> sudo make install
>
> I suggest that you install the modeswitch package for your distro. That w=
ill
> automatically eject the CDROM device and enable the wifi interface.
>
> I will be making improvements in the coming days, but I wanted you to hav=
e
> access as soon as possible.
>
> Larry
>