On 10/1/22 17:42, Bitterblue Smith wrote: > Considering there is a driver for RTL8188EU already in staging, > which people have been whittling down, should I put any effort > into adding support to rtl8xxxu? > > It's actually mostly working already [0], but rtl8xxxu doesn't > have AP mode, adhoc mode, power saving, etc so it wouldn't be > necessarily better than the driver in staging. > > [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jes/linux.git/log/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu?h=rtl8xxxu-8188eu The staging driver is based on the vendor driver which is rather dreadful. Given the similarity of the chips, it feels really silly to have a second driver for just one chip. I see no reason to abandon 8188eu support in rtl8xxxu, but given my total lack of time, I am also not able to invest in it. Cheers, Jes
