From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-bk0-f48.google.com ([209.85.214.48]:58956 "EHLO mail-bk0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756189Ab3LVXum (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:50:42 -0500 Received: by mail-bk0-f48.google.com with SMTP id r7so1786053bkg.7 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:50:41 -0800 (PST) From: Christian Lamparter To: Scott S Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: will rtl8192su driver work for 64-bit kernel 3.2.0-23-generic? Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:50:04 +0100 Message-ID: <3015747.JIT0jyjz1q@debian64> (sfid-20131223_005045_709421_66A6F7F0) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, On Sunday, December 22, 2013 05:58:12 PM Scott S wrote: > I'm no guru or developer, so please bear with me. That's fine. > I'm looking for a better driver for a Rosewill RNX-N180UBE USB wifi on > 64-bit Linux Mint 13 (Ubuntu 12LTS Kernel 3.2.0-23) the Ubuntu driver > is junk+10. in what way is it junk? Is it crashing/misbehaving, does it lack important features, is the wifi connection unstable, or is something else bothering you? > I found your site from here: > > http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Rosewill_RNX-N180UBE > it says your driver is under development... ?? Yes, you are referring to "r92su". > but you have a compile ready source...? Yes, the source is available from . However this driver is for 3.10+ kernels. AFICT there are no ready [plans for] backports of the driver for an older kernel version. If you are interested in the state and future of r92su you can find some information in this thread: TL;DR: r92su is doomed too. > Just wonder if you can tell me if it will work, or should I use the > older one listed there? (r8712u) > > Or what? Oh, you can help with the rtl8192su-mac80211 driver rewrite. This would certainly make a difference :-D. Anything other than that: no, not that I know. Regards, Christian