From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Radu Potop Subject: Re: rtl8180 driver in master/ad-hoc mode Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:53:22 +0200 Message-ID: <4B759592.5040807@gmail.com> References: <4B756B4C.2090204@gmail.com> <20100212150853.GA4983@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "John W. Linville" To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f220.google.com ([209.85.220.220]:63870 "EHLO mail-fx0-f220.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752978Ab0BLRx0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:53:26 -0500 Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so2597272fxm.1 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:53:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100212150853.GA4983@tuxdriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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