From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-ed1-f47.google.com (mail-ed1-f47.google.com [209.85.208.47]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA1416D1B; Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ed1-f47.google.com with SMTP id o12so51120873edb.9; Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:31:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1679340669; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:cc:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=YGhymUT7Av6T4tSQafa+6oPxUxU1Po/EP5Zx4hiyIzk=; b=j9rjklNDxt1T9H4BSDdOtvbKi9dW157aq25t6svt9zrCnUXDdpbUNUXhhDMeJvLdpD 1lRbj7UsVFv4HeXh0tE+3DMJKDq2cj2Up+he2RTamUQU0sP6z9SmAspXlqWlcsWIfGNl KLCfYkLlzwqMxrna/mNLlOC5yHL5XYxWYu3AIzRug35Uc2gdeSSjNfO2SGB7sT4fW3LF wyYiEaAb7RXzxIWCMGykh4kQOVs6fB21RO2Uyom/1p+NGiOqAtdHUS+tMqI1nDW47PNF Ncx3wkmMk0ul161dyCu4Xpwy2xomqWk5A84XvpjsZ9m+x5ksm8y+pGl4Td6Phu/PcIFP CY0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1679340669; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:cc:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=YGhymUT7Av6T4tSQafa+6oPxUxU1Po/EP5Zx4hiyIzk=; b=JgMwBISoY/QZ4soo0SQ3tjKwMk0ZXtMxug1MoRTr9yTXS80EPzgRq+FE1V6dPxJSaA j4867KQLcreIywMPUEZULvVQmTDIih9SCr+Z3zoHGiRnwys3KpghLmKSmsuWWwRKbgR5 vMgnkIeIG+JI7UtgvdEi/4vyFoAPwR7oj+NTwSLZtgEujIJZtJUWgikHDYbW3NzRcwJT az90tqyXamFF/bk7nIpIa+U8iXSsdJobFdlhNU6Mh0WdZnBJ5940cC/TnMXA9AEaFmTn fZRkdRMdPzV1mLqID34VNiN4gY7/dbK4UzLouQkvwh2wBafic84fW2984W7ZQR6eR/mT fWdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVrHRZwdW9VMpsgS2+t+5XQWR23n6yvUq684lwETv/+6W2ohreS gj2tYZ8GFST1uCdEobJFz2E= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set9+EjCitae2DZXL+LRhp/xxIq5Qd10kjPXzYaFzMZV4KM/xIra8+4q7BiTvF75fgM7Yt/6luw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:7f99:b0:931:59f:d42 with SMTP id f25-20020a1709067f9900b00931059f0d42mr185418ejr.29.1679340669025; Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:31:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] ([81.196.40.55]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id cd2-20020a170906b34200b0092c8da1e5ecsm4803191ejb.21.2023.03.20.12.31.07 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:31:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5428d01b-ec02-df42-3272-a4dcfea2efd9@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:31:07 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.8.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver To: Richard Weinberger , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Phillip Potter , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, Hans de Goede , Martin Kaiser , Larry Finger , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com References: <20230308131934.380395-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <660ef0b7-fb09-5a72-57b1-3b57ddee924e@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Bitterblue Smith In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 14/03/2023 10:06, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 1:25 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: >>>>> Also the rtl8xxxu driver supports way more devices, and is a fraction of >>>>> the overall size, making this a much better overall solution. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to the r8188eu developers and maintainers and reviewers over the >>>>> years, your work allowed Linux users to use their hardware before the >>>>> real driver was implemented properly. > > Both r8188eu and rtl8188eu had support for access point mode but > rtl8xxxu has none AFAICT. > Is there something in the pipes to have AP mode supported? Indeed, rtl8xxxu only supports station mode. I have been thinking about adding support for AP mode at some point.