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Re: RTL8192SE support status

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:31:16PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been getting some private mail regarding the status of RTL8192SE
> wireless chipset support (the chipset is used in some newer netbooks,
> i.e. Medion Akoya E1312) so the current situation is:
> 
> * I'm not working on it and I don't know if/when the driver is coming.
> 
> * Realtek has been queried about the issue two weeks ago but we haven't
>   heard anything back yet.
> 
> * rtl8192su driver present in staging area of the kernel is for RTL8192SU
>   (USB version of the chipset) and never contained working/complete code
>   for RTL8192SE (PCI-E version of the chipset) so there is no point in
>   attempts of reverting some patches in hope that it will make the things
>   magically work (it won't, please save your time).

Thanks for letting us know, this helps out a lot.

greg k-h
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