On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 02:14:34PM -0500, Geoffrey Mon wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 05:55:33PM +0000, Alex Dewar wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm currently trying to port the rtl8xxxu driver to RTL8822u chips (one
> > of which I own), but I'm finding it hard to figure out where to start
> > and I figured that some wiser minds could maybe help steer me in the
> > right direction.
> >
> Hi Alex,
>
> I am not very knowledgeable since I've only just started looking into adding
> support for some older Realtek USB adapters, but another starting point for
> adding rtl8822bu support might be the rtw88 driver, which is specifically
> built for rtl88xx chips and which has support for rtl8822be (which uses PCIe);
> in principle a lot of code can be shared between 8822b{e,u}. However, although
> rtw88 includes some structure to support USB devices in the future, this support
> hasn't been added yet. There is at least one project[0] that I've come across
> trying to add that support. I'm not sure how active this project is but it does
> look like they have some work in progress for rtl8822bu.
This was really helpful. Thanks!
The project seems somewhat up to date (although I did get a hard lockup
when I tried to use it...), but it definitely seems a useful avenue to
go down.
Best,
Alex
>
> Best,
> Geoffrey
>
> [0] https://github.com/ulli-kroll/rtw88-usb
