Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] rtl8xxxu (mac80211) driver for rtl8188[cr]u/rtl8192cu/rtl8723au

[Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>]

Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> writes:
> On 09/07/2015 04:06 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> writes:
>> Ok. Can't we start just rtl8xxxu having just devices NOT supported by
>> rtlwifi drivers? All other devices would be under
>> CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED until we think the support is ready and we can
>> make the switch by moving from untested to tested category. And at the
>> same time disable/remove those devices from rtlwifi.
>
> Yes, that will work as long as we make CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED be
> EXPERIMENTAL to keep the distros from enabling it. In addition, a
> separate GitHub repo for rtl8xxxu should be made available with
> conditional code added to enable builds for kernels 3.10 or
> later. Then users that complain about some problem with rtl8192cu can
> be directed to that driver.

If someone wants to maintain a backported version of the driver for
certain kernels, that is fine with me. It should probably be in the form
of an out-of tree build package, so maybe simply a tarball would
suffice?

Cheers,
Jes