From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Add rtl8821ce PCIe WiFi driver
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 13:40:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190515114022.GA18824@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190515112401.15373-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 07:24:01PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> The rtl8821ce can be found on many HP and Lenovo laptops.
> Users have been using out-of-tree module for a while,
>
> The new Realtek WiFi driver, rtw88, will support rtl8821ce in 2020 or
> later.
Where is that driver, and why is it going to take so long to get merged?
> 296 files changed, 206166 insertions(+)
Ugh, why do we keep having to add the whole mess for every single one of
these devices?
Why can't we just have a real driver now?
thanks,
greg k-h
next parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-15 11:42 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <20190515112401.15373-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
2019-05-15 11:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-05-15 11:54 ` [PATCH] staging: Add rtl8821ce PCIe WiFi driver Kai-Heng Feng
2019-05-15 12:33 ` Greg KH
2019-05-15 13:06 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2019-05-15 15:58 ` Larry Finger
2019-05-15 16:39 ` Greg KH
2019-05-15 17:40 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2019-05-15 17:48 ` Greg KH
2019-05-15 17:46 ` Joe Perches
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