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SubjectRe: [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from core subdirectory
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On 7/21/21 1:28 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> You're obviously not a Realtek employee, but what are they doing for
> wireless drivers these days?

You are correct in that I am not a Realtek employee, nor do I have any knowledge
of the internals of any of their chips. I do have a close working arrangement
with the head of their PCI driver development, and I have gotten free samples of
some of their chips. I am a volunteer that is interested in providing drivers
for the devices in new laptops with wireless chips that do not yet have a Linux
driver in the kernel. I also provide relatively modern drivers for older USB
devices through GitHub repos.

From what I know, the PCI group at Realtek is mainly working on new 802.11ac
devices, but are leaving some hooks for the USB and SDIO equivalents of those
chips (RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE, RTL8821CE, RTL8723DE, and RTL8852AE). These drivers
are either in the drivers/net/wireless tree of the kernel, or are under review
for such inclusion.

I have no current contact with the USB part of their driver development.

Larry


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