Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/rtl8188eu: move upstream to Benetti Engineering Github to fix Linux 6.15 build failure

[Julien Olivain via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

On 18/06/2025 16:58, Giulio Benetti wrote:
> Benetti Engineering just took over Larry Finger(lwfinger)'s repository
> rtl8188eu since Larry unfortunately passed away[0](RIP) and there are
> pending PRs that will never be checked as stated here[1]. So basically 
> move
> github user to benetti-engineering-sas and update version with latest 
> that
> fixes build failure with Linux version 6.15. And let's drop local 
> patches
> that are now upstreamed as well. Let's also drop obsolete Config.in
> informations since as stated here[2]: "This driver is under development
> and has a limited feature set. In particular it does not yet support 
> 40MHz
> channels and power management". At the same time drop other suggestions
> like enabling CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT or "this package needs a firmware 
> loading
> mechanism to load the binary blob for the chip to work" since they are 
> now
> part of the package. And of course let's update package's URL due to 
> the
> moving.
> 
> [0]: https://lwn.net/Articles/979419/
> [1]: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/pull/464
> 
> Fixes:
> https://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/d59537da8eb27d737718885dc81ec257a2791455/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com>

Applied to master, thanks.
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