Re: net/wireless/rtlwifi: problem with D-link DWA-131 USB adapter

[Igor Plyatov <plyatov@gmail.com>]

Dear Larry,

> The driver rtl8192cu is for the RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU chips. The DWA-131 
> contains an RTL8192SU chip. It cannot be driven by rtl8192cu - it will 
> never work.
>
> On my TODO list is the preparation of a driver named rtl8192su, but 
> since r8712u works, the priority is low. I'm much more interested in 
> getting the drivers for the RTL8192SE and RTL8192DE chips into the 
> kernel. Note that rtl8192su will share a lot of code with rtl8192se in 
> the same fashion that rtl8192ce and rtl8192cu share routines.
>
> When I prepared the r8712u driver for staging, I did not worry about 
> the LED, which is why it doesn't blink. What kind of LED action do you 
> prefer. Some users only want the LED on when the interface is active 
> and complain when it blinks. Others want it to blink when transmitting.
>
> Larry

Thank you for descriptive answer!

Is there any way to detect Realtek chipset type by some means like lsusb 
or else?

Best regards!
--
Igor Plyatov