[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 1/1] rtl8821au: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Christian,

Please do not reply to me directly, keep the list in Cc. Thanks.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:55:09 +0000, Christian Stewart wrote:

> I didn't see the kernel module infrastructure before, not really sure how I
> missed it. I remember looking closely at the manual.

The kernel module infra is brand new, it was merged like 10 days ago.

> I put it under linux-firmware because I thought that was where all of the
> wifi related drivers should go. But I think you're right that it should be
> separate.

Yes, it's not a firmware per-se.

> The reason why I'm using my version of the driver is because it's based on
> an entirely different wifi driver release from the other repository you've
> linked. Mine is based on v4.3.14_13455.20150212_BTCOEX20150128-51 while
> theirs is based on a version from a couple years ago. Thus mine is actually
> closer to the vendor version, with some fixups.
> 
> Is it okay to use this version?

I suppose it's not possible to directly download the vendor version?

If not, then using your Github repo is probably OK. The issue is of
course that in 6-12 months, you'll probably stop caring about this
driver, and no-one will be able to upstream fixes anymore. But I guess
that's the normal life-cycle for out of tree kernel drivers,
unfortunately.

Thanks!

Thomas
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