Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, > > Currently we're crippling our user experience by refusing > > to ship drivers support this hardware even though there are > > fully open drivers to support these. > And that's the problem. This happens all the time with kernel > drivers, everyone wants the end result of a driver but

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

> > And that's the problem. This happens all the time with kernel > drivers, everyone wants the end result of a driver but the > work to actually make it sustainable never gets done. Unless > a driver is actually merged in the upstream kernel, it's not > going to work in the long term. Keeping

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On 01/18/2017 02:18 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > On 17-01-17 21:59, Laura Abbott wrote: >> On 01/17/2017 05:19 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Lo! Three quick question from someone who for some strange reason is interested in

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > > On 18-01-17 13:10, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Hans de Goede >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On 17-01-17 21:59, Laura Abbott wrote: >>> On

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > > On 18-01-17 13:10, Josh Boyer wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Hans de Goede >>> And I still end up at my original unanswered question: >>> >>> "All I'm asking from the fedora

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, On 18-01-17 15:16, Bastien Nocera wrote: On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 14:05 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi, On 17-01-17 13:44, Bastien Nocera wrote: On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 13:11 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi All, There are quite a few popular cheap x86 devices, such as the first gen Intel

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, On 18-01-17 13:10, Josh Boyer wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi, On 17-01-17 21:59, Laura Abbott wrote: On 01/17/2017 05:19 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi, On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Lo! Three quick question from

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > > On 17-01-17 21:59, Laura Abbott wrote: >> >> On 01/17/2017 05:19 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Lo! Three quick question from someone who for

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, On 17-01-17 21:59, Laura Abbott wrote: On 01/17/2017 05:19 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi, On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Lo! Three quick question from someone who for some strange reason is interested in this topic: Hans de Goede wrote on 17.01.2017 13:11: As such I would

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On 01/17/2017 05:19 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> Lo! Three quick question from someone who for some strange reason is >> interested in this topic: >> >> Hans de Goede wrote on 17.01.2017 13:11: >>> >>> As such I would like to (for starters) add

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

On 17.01.2017 14:05, Hans de Goede wrote: > On 17-01-17 13:44, Bastien Nocera wrote: >> On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 13:11 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: >>> All I'm asking from the fedora kernel team is permission >>> to add the driver. >> Would it be that much more work to get those drivers in staging? >

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, On 17-01-17 14:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Lo! Three quick question from someone who for some strange reason is interested in this topic: Hans de Goede wrote on 17.01.2017 13:11: As such I would like to (for starters) add this driver: https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs Which is fully

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Lo! Three quick question from someone who for some strange reason is interested in this topic: Hans de Goede wrote on 17.01.2017 13:11: > > As such I would like to (for starters) add this driver: > https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs > > Which is fully open source and although not ready for >

Re: Adding out-of-tree wifi drivers to the Fedora kernel pkg

Hi, On 17-01-17 13:44, Bastien Nocera wrote: On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 13:11 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: Hi All, There are quite a few popular cheap x86 devices, such as the first gen Intel Compute Stick and many many ARM boards which have sdio wifi chips. Unfortunately the mainline kernel lacks