From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:55468 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750970AbZGaOV3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:21:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:16:00 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RTL8192SE support status Message-ID: <20090731141600.GA28088@kroah.com> References: <200907311431.17043.bzolnier@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200907311431.17043.bzolnier@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:31:16PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been getting some private mail regarding the status of RTL8192SE > wireless chipset support (the chipset is used in some newer netbooks, > i.e. Medion Akoya E1312) so the current situation is: > > * I'm not working on it and I don't know if/when the driver is coming. > > * Realtek has been queried about the issue two weeks ago but we haven't > heard anything back yet. > > * rtl8192su driver present in staging area of the kernel is for RTL8192SU > (USB version of the chipset) and never contained working/complete code > for RTL8192SE (PCI-E version of the chipset) so there is no point in > attempts of reverting some patches in hope that it will make the things > magically work (it won't, please save your time). Thanks for letting us know, this helps out a lot. greg k-h