Control: tag -1 upstream Control: found -1 5.2.9-2 On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:42:43 +0100 StalkR <debian-report...@stalkr.net> wrote: > Source: linux-latest > Version: 4.9+80+deb9u5 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I have a TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 802.11n WiFi dongle. > Default driver rtl8192cu is buggy (power management issue causing > deauth). While https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes works, it's > deprecated and users are asked use the new rtl8xxxxu driver.
For reference, that version of the driver lists this as "TP-Link TL-
WN725N (0bda:8176)". That USB ID belongs to Realtek and is presumably
shared with other devices using the same chip.
> rtl8xxxxu is compiled as a module but nothing happens because this device
> support is hidden behind CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED that debian kernel config
> does not set.
> I had to recompile this kernel with that option enabled to make it work.
> Please consider turning this option on by default.
>
> Meanwhile, I emailed the maintainer upstream to report that this device works,
> so hopefully they can graduate it as stable and no longer behind untested.
I don't think this is something we would want to change in a stable
release. If both drivers claim to support the same device ID then it's
unpredictable which of them would actually be used. And rtl8192cu
might be working better for some other users.
What's more, the default behaviour still hasn't changed upstream.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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