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Date:   Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:46:28 -0700
From:   Angus Ainslie <angus@akkea.ca>
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Hi Jérôme,

On 2023-06-09 08:10, Jérôme Pouiller wrote:
> 
> You are talking about this driver[1] I assume?
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/SiliconLabs/RS911X-nLink-OSD
> 
> [...]
>> In the meantime, since RSI neglected this driver for years, what would
>> be the suggestion for people who are stuck with the RSI WiFi hardware?
> 
> Unfortunately, my only suggestion is to use the downstream driver we
> mentioned above.

That driver isn't really a solution as it rarely applies cleanly to 
recent kernels.

The lack of proper commit messages also makes the changes opaque.

Cheers
Angus