On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 01:41:22PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > On 2/21/22 11:13, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 04:48:45PM +0100, Michael Straube wrote: > > > This driver is for chips that operate only in the 2.4 GHz band. > > > > How do we know that? > > > > thanks, > Realtek (https://www.realtek.com/en/products/communications-network-ics/item/rtl8188eus) > states the following: > > "The Realtek RTL8188EUS is an 802.11bgn 2.4G single-chip that integrates > Wireless LAN (WLAN) and a network USB interface (USB 1.0/1.1/2.0 compatible) > controller. It combines a WLAN MAC, a 1T1R capable WLAN baseband, and WLAN > RF in a single chip. The RTL8188EUS provides a complete solution for > high-throughput performance and low power consumption integrated wireless > LAN devices." > > The reason there are 5G snippets in the driver is because Realtek uses the > base code to generate drivers for other chip families such as RTL8192DU that > have radios for both 2.4 and 5G bands. The RTL81288EU and variants have only > a single radio. Ah, ok, that's good to know. And should belong in the changelog text so that we are not confused :) thanks, greg k-h
