Larry Finger <[email protected]> writes: > On 09/07/2015 04:06 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Larry Finger <[email protected]> writes: >> Ok. Can't we start just rtl8xxxu having just devices NOT supported by >> rtlwifi drivers? All other devices would be under >> CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED until we think the support is ready and we can >> make the switch by moving from untested to tested category. And at the >> same time disable/remove those devices from rtlwifi. > > Yes, that will work as long as we make CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED be > EXPERIMENTAL to keep the distros from enabling it. In addition, a > separate GitHub repo for rtl8xxxu should be made available with > conditional code added to enable builds for kernels 3.10 or > later. Then users that complain about some problem with rtl8192cu can > be directed to that driver.
If someone wants to maintain a backported version of the driver for certain kernels, that is fine with me. It should probably be in the form of an out-of tree build package, so maybe simply a tarball would suffice? Cheers, Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
