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Subject: Linux mainline support for RTL8811AU/RTL8821AU
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:09:07 +0200
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Hi,

I'm investigating a wifi dongle (LM808) that is based on the RTL8811AU chipset.

$ lsusb
..
Bus 003 Device 066: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8811AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
..

I cannot find any driver support in mainline for that chipset (8811cu/8821cu, seems to exists). Just curious if anyone knows if there are any ongoing efforts to get this driver included in mainline?

I can see that both:

https://www.lm-technologies.com/product/wifi-usb-adapter-433mbps-lm808/?template=driver

and

https://github.com/morrownr/8821au-20210708

exists for non-mainline support, so will play a bit with them. But for maintenance etc I'm interested to learn about possible mainline efforts within this area.


BR Petter