[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] New: RTL8723BS library is outdated

[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] New: RTL8723BS library is outdated

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071

            Bug ID: 15071
           Summary: RTL8723BS library is outdated
           Product: buildroot
           Version: 2022.02.6
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: Outdated package
          Assignee: unassigned@buildroot.uclibc.org
          Reporter: alirezatm@ymail.com
                CC: buildroot@uclibc.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Good day, It seems that the RTL8723BS library in the buildroot settings
accessible by "make menuconfig" and "make linux-menunconfig" is outdated and
hasn't been updated for a long time

In the "~/buildroot-2022.02.6/package/rtl8723bs/rtl8723bs.mk" file, I saw this
line: 
RTL8723BS_SITE = $(call github,hadess,rtl8723bs,$(RTL8723BS_VERSION))
which means that it's fetching the library from
https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs which as you can see is not being updated
anymore and is extremely outdated. For example it doesn't respect the changes
to the timer done in the 4.15 kernel

I tried lowering my linux kernel version in the "make menuconfig" settings as a
compromise but this library still won't compile. Tried and failed with kernel
versions 4.11, 4.12 and 4.14

The kernel itself seems to have an up-to-date driver for it
(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs) but I
don't think we can access it via buildroot

Is there any chance to fix this library? Thanks
I've attached my .config file if it helps

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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071

alirezatm@ymail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Severity|normal                      |major

--- Comment #1 from alirezatm@ymail.com ---
Sorry, seems that this website has a 75kB limit, so I've uploaded my .config
file here: https://anonymfile.com/pZKO/.config

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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071

--- Comment #2 from Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> ---
(In reply to alirezatm from comment #0)

Hi,

it's true, package rtl8723bs is outdated and indeed has been dropped with this
commit:
https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/commit/?id=7763ba7007172ceb5e928ae5902735d727aaa90d

As pointed by:
https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs/commit/3bb1d33ad98c1d77b5e17a1b707e137b35e6d0a5
now the driver has made it into staging Linux driver folder.

So you can access and configure Linux by issuing:
$ make linux-menuconfig
and then you can find RTL8723BS driver. But take care because it needs some
CONFIG_ to be enabled:
CONFIG_STAGING=y
CONFIG_WLAN=y
CONFIG_MMC=y
CONFIG_CFG80211=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y

To find these informations you can search "rtl8723bs" in linux-menuconfig(as
well as in Buildroot menuconfig) by typing "/" and there it will be shown the
"depends on" and what it "Selects".

This way you should be able to have the driver built.

Best regards

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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated

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Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

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