Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:01:45 -0500 | From | Larry Finger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging/rtl8xxx: delete ieee80211 constant duplication |
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On 06/17/2015 11:32 AM, Jakub Sitnicki wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 07:12 PM CEST, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote: >> These drivers do not use mac80211, which is a prerequisite for inclusion in the >> regular wifi tree. A complete rewrite will be needed to get them out of staging. >> Nonetheless, cleanups are in order. > > Regarding the rtl8188eu driver, would it be acceptable to rewrite it to > use the rtlwifi interface instead of using mac80211 directly? > > I can't help but notice some similarities between the structure of > rtl8188eu and the drivers from the rtlwifi family. Then again, perhaps > I'm missing something that makes it a bad idea.
You can use any part of rtlwifi and rtl_usb, but that won't cover all of the things needed to implement mac80211.
Jes Sorensen has posted some code that implements a mac80211-based driver for the RTL8723AU. The structure of the Realtek driver for this card is very similar to the one for the RTL8188EU.
Larry
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