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From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
To: Juan Carlos Garza Fernandez <juancarlosgarza@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Status of the RTL8712 staging driver
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 19:41:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201304021941.37133.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMEN=G4gwKC5oTbJyDfU4QcnO+EAff+nGsj+++AH0ip4eVV3MA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tuesday, April 02, 2013 02:51:19 PM Juan Carlos Garza Fernandez wrote:
> Now I have another question regarding the 8712 driver which has been
> in staging forever.
> 
> In your opinion, are there any chances that it will be improved to
> reach the mainline level?
Hopefully yes. You can download a git-repository with the latest driver
from: <https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su>

The latest incarnation "r92su" is currently the best bet on getting a
proper driver into the mainline. Unlike its predecessor rtl8192su it
uses cfg80211 directly (yes, unfortunately. it is a stand-alone driver
with no dependencies on rtlwifi).

what works with r92su:
	Station Mode & passive monitor
	802.11b/g/n (yes, HT is working - in both directions)
	WEP40/104,TKIP and CCMP (WPA and WPA2 works)
	Defragmentation
	QoS/WMM
	ERP

What isn't:
	AD-Hoc
	Fragmentation (also broken in r8712u... It would work, if the fw
	wouldn't override the sequence counter on out-going frames)
	SDIO transport
 
> If so, would it be possible to use it as an access point with HostAPD,
> or is it limited by the firmware?
Apparently there is a AP firmware. But you have to ask Realtek for the
right firmware.

Regards,
	Christian

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-02 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-02 12:51 Status of the RTL8712 staging driver Juan Carlos Garza Fernandez
2013-04-02 17:41 ` Christian Lamparter [this message]
2013-04-02 21:02   ` Larry Finger
2013-04-03 12:31     ` Christian Lamparter
2013-04-03 14:38       ` Larry Finger

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