On 11/04/2013 04:34 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
>> _anything_ is better than a staging driver.
>>
>> There are distributions that don't build staging drivers.
>
> As a result, they force their users to build out-of-tree drivers!
reformulating: As a result, they force their users to _have a stable kernel_
Staging is only a working area. And the rtl8712-TODO is unreal:
- merge Realtek's bugfixes and new features into the driver
- switch to use LIB80211
- switch to use MAC80211
- checkpatch.pl fixes - only a few remain
>> So, please, replace and delete staging/rtl8712 with r92su.
>
> You seem not to understand. Any new wireless driver that does not
> use mac80211 *must* go into staging. AFAIK, that rule is absolute,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> and r92su cannot go into the regular wireless tree.
Who said that ? Then replace staging/rtl8712 with staging/r92su
Anyway, r92su is a _linux_ driver with a cfg80211 interface.
staging/rtl8712 is crap?
1152k drivers/staging/rtl8712/
340k r92su/
> If you do not like having drivers for RTL8192SU in staging, then
> write one that uses mac80211. You have access to as much information
> about the chips as anyone outside Realtek. They have no interest
> in doing the mac80211 version, and I have many other tasks with
> higher priority.
Nobody said that you have to write a rtl8712-mac80211.
But right now there is a better alternative, and it should be used.
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