Re: [PATCH v3 12/12] wifi: rtlwifi: Enable the new rtl8192du driver

[Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 21:44 +0200, Bitterblue Smith wrote:
> External mail.
> 
> The RTL8192DU is an older Wifi 4 dual band chip. It comes in two
> flavours: single MAC single PHY (like most Realtek Wifi 4 USB devices),
> and dual MAC dual PHY.
> 
> The single MAC single PHY version is 2T2R and can work either in the
> 2.4 GHz band or the 5 GHz band.
> 
> The dual MAC dual PHY version has two USB interfaces and appears to the
> system as two separate 1T1R Wifi devices, one working in the 2.4 GHz
> band, the other in the 5 GHz band.
> 
> This was tested only with a single MAC single PHY device, mostly in
> station mode. The speeds in the 2.4 GHz band with 20 MHz channel width
> are similar to the out-of-tree driver: 85/51 megabits/second.
> 
> Stefan Lippers-Hollmann tested the speed in the 5 GHz band with 40 MHz
> channel width: 173/99 megabits/second.
> 
> It was also tested briefly in AP mode. It's emitting beacons and my
> phone can connect to it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>


Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>