Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 10/23/2015 05:44 AM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Support for RTL8723AU devices was added to >> wireless-drivers-next.git recently: >> https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=144541406318463 >> commit: >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_regs.h?id=26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa > > The new driver is remarkable, but removal of the staging driver should > not be done quite yet. > > The new one in the regular tree lacks a number of features. To quote > from its commit message "This driver is still under development, but > has proven to be very stable for me. It currently supports station > mode only. It has support for OFDM and CCK rates. It does lack certain > features found in the staging driver, such as power management, AMPDU, > and 40MHz channel support. In addition it does not support AD-HOC, AP, > and monitor mode support at this point." I agree - it's too early to delete drivers/staging/rtl8723au at this point. Just like it's too early to delete drivers/staging/rtl8192u. There is monitor mode patches in my devel tree now, courtesy of Bruno Randolf, so one of the features has gotten fixed. I also added 40MHz support a while ago, maybe I forgot to remove that from the commit message. Cheers, Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
