From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
Charles Chambers <cchamb2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Wifi driver for RTL8191SU
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:05:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3aaaf30c-c62a-8cf6-b2dd-76cdeb5dfbec@gmail.com> (raw)
Charles Chambers wrote:
> I have a USB wifi adapter based on the subject chipset. Debian Linux
> for its new release (9.x) incorporates version 4.9 of the kernel, which
> does not work with the existing driver for this USB wifi adapter. The
> driver for it (under Debian 8.x) shows as "r8712U". There's a movement
> afoot to update the driver.
>
> Any idea when an updated driver (or a wide beta restoring *some*
> functionality) could be expected?
There are three drivers:
- r8712u from staging, crappy with no future in staging or drivers/net/wireless
- r92su or rtl8192su from https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su
More info about Realtek at: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rtl819x
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