* rtl8180 driver in master/ad-hoc mode
@ 2010-02-12 14:53 Radu Potop
2010-02-12 15:08 ` John W. Linville
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Radu Potop @ 2010-02-12 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Hi,
I noticed that the rtl8180 (Realtek wireless PCI adapter) driver for Linux
doesn't support master or ad-hoc mode. However the rtl-wifi driver from
http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net does support these modes.
After a bit of investigation, I found out that the driver from the kernel is
not maintained by its original author anymore (no changes since 2007), while
rtl-wifi development is active.
My question is if rtl-wifi will make it into the kernel? rtl-wifi is actually a
fork of the old driver, but with a lot of added functionality. I'm sure that a
lot of folks would like to use their hardware to its full potential.
Thank you,
Radu Potop
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* Re: rtl8180 driver in master/ad-hoc mode
2010-02-12 14:53 rtl8180 driver in master/ad-hoc mode Radu Potop
@ 2010-02-12 15:08 ` John W. Linville
2010-02-12 17:53 ` Radu Potop
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John W. Linville @ 2010-02-12 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Radu Potop; +Cc: netdev
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 04:53:00PM +0200, Radu Potop wrote:
> I noticed that the rtl8180 (Realtek wireless PCI adapter) driver for
> Linux doesn't support master or ad-hoc mode. However the rtl-wifi driver
> from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net does support these modes.
> After a bit of investigation, I found out that the driver from the
> kernel is not maintained by its original author anymore (no changes since
> 2007), while rtl-wifi development is active.
A bit too little investigation, it seems. The rtl8180 driver doesn't
get lots of attention, but it has been hit several times since 2007.
As for master and ad-hoc modes, I've recently taken interest there
and expect to be adding patches shortly.
> My question is if rtl-wifi will make it into the kernel? rtl-wifi is
> actually a fork of the old driver, but with a lot of added functionality.
> I'm sure that a lot of folks would like to use their hardware to its full
> potential.
No it will not. For one, svn indicates rtl-wifi is nowhere near as
active as you indicate:
/home/linville/svn/rtl-wifi
[linville-t400.local]:> svn log
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r83 | falmouth | 2008-07-09 08:52:33 -0400 (Wed, 09 Jul 2008) | 1 line
our CCMP, TKIP and WEP modules names end in -rtl
Beyond that, no one from there is posting any patches and in any case
it is rather rare to simply drop one more-or-less working driver in
favor of another one simply because it appears from nowhere.
Anyway, as I indicated I have been taking more interest in rtl8180
lately and I expect it to be greatly improved at least in time for
2.6.35 (since the 2.6.34 development cycle will be ending soon).
Hth!
John
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* Re: rtl8180 driver in master/ad-hoc mode
2010-02-12 15:08 ` John W. Linville
@ 2010-02-12 17:53 ` Radu Potop
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Radu Potop @ 2010-02-12 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: John W. Linville
I contacted Markus Gothe from rtl-wifi and he was interested in updating the
driver/providing patches. It would be nice to collaborate with him on this one.
I'll keep you updated if he posts anything on the rtl-wifi mailing list.
-Radu
On 02/12/2010 05:08 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 04:53:00PM +0200, Radu Potop wrote:
>
>> I noticed that the rtl8180 (Realtek wireless PCI adapter) driver for
>> Linux doesn't support master or ad-hoc mode. However the rtl-wifi driver
>> from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net does support these modes.
>> After a bit of investigation, I found out that the driver from the
>> kernel is not maintained by its original author anymore (no changes since
>> 2007), while rtl-wifi development is active.
>
> A bit too little investigation, it seems. The rtl8180 driver doesn't
> get lots of attention, but it has been hit several times since 2007.
> As for master and ad-hoc modes, I've recently taken interest there
> and expect to be adding patches shortly.
>
>> My question is if rtl-wifi will make it into the kernel? rtl-wifi is
>> actually a fork of the old driver, but with a lot of added functionality.
>> I'm sure that a lot of folks would like to use their hardware to its full
>> potential.
>
> No it will not. For one, svn indicates rtl-wifi is nowhere near as
> active as you indicate:
>
> /home/linville/svn/rtl-wifi
> [linville-t400.local]:> svn log
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r83 | falmouth | 2008-07-09 08:52:33 -0400 (Wed, 09 Jul 2008) | 1 line
>
> our CCMP, TKIP and WEP modules names end in -rtl
>
> Beyond that, no one from there is posting any patches and in any case
> it is rather rare to simply drop one more-or-less working driver in
> favor of another one simply because it appears from nowhere.
>
> Anyway, as I indicated I have been taking more interest in rtl8180
> lately and I expect it to be greatly improved at least in time for
> 2.6.35 (since the 2.6.34 development cycle will be ending soon).
>
> Hth!
>
> John
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