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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
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