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On 10/26/23 00:27, Witold Baryluk wrote:
> I might be interested in modernizing the driver, but I have no idea how 
> much effort it would be (in terms of changed fraction of code). 20k LOC 
> is neither small or big, and not obvious (a lot of it would be 
> unchanged), if it is a week of work, or months of work.

Hi Witold,

I am trying to do this with rtl8192e.
One possibility is to take the following patch series as a starting point:
https://yhbt.net/lore/all/1414604649-9105-1-git-send-email-tvboxspy@gmail.com/

For me as a beginner and hobbyist this is a huge task. I am happy when I 
can finish it until next summer.

In case of questions feel free to ask.

Bye Philipp