{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1525","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1525/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1525/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1525/events","html_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/1525","id":159768729,"number":1525,"title":"RTL8192CU: re-enable the upstream rtl8192cu driver","user":{"login":"clivem","id":1668152,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1668152?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem","html_url":"https://github.com/clivem","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":37,"created_at":"2016-06-11T11:12:25Z","updated_at":"2016-06-14T17:30:50Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/pulls/1525","html_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/1525","diff_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/1525.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/1525.patch"},"body":"This is a RFC rather than a PR. Please read the commit comments. \r\n\r\nThe patch results in both the vendor 8192cu driver and upstream rtl8192cu driver being built.\r\n\r\nCan the guys who want the hostapd, wi-fi repeater functionality, and a driver using upstream cfg80211/nl80211, please test with rtl8192cu driver..... @fran6co @MrEngman\r\n\r\nCommit comments below.........\r\n\r\nContinue building the Realtek vendor (8192cu) driver.\r\n\r\nVendor driver now using CONFIG_RTL8192CU_VENDOR.\r\n\r\nAdd CONFIG_RTL_CARDS=m and CONFIG_RTL8192CU_VENDOR=m to the\r\ndefault RPi kernel configs.\r\n\r\nSuggest adding /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl8192cu.conf, containing\r\ntext \"blacklist rtl8192cu\" on the distribution, to blacklist rtl8192cu\r\nso 8192cu remains the default driver for RTL8188CUS and RTL8192CU\r\nbased dongles.\r\n\r\nInitial testing with rtl8192cu driver of single channel 20MHz 8188's\r\nand dual channel 40MHz 8192's suggest that several issues from the\r\npast are no longer issues, including the death spiral, (whereby sync\r\nspeed gets reduced but never increased), and throughput is much better.\r\n\r\nSuggest that vendor driver should be left using the built-in cfg80211\r\nand people wishing to use recent version of hostapd, (rather than the\r\nRealtek version that was shipped with the out-of-tree vendor driver),\r\nshould switch to using rtl8192cu driver and blacklist 8192cu driver.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/comments/225955579","html_url":"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/pull/1525#issuecomment-225955579","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1525","id":225955579,"user":{"login":"clivem","id":1668152,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1668152?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem","html_url":"https://github.com/clivem","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/clivem/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-06-14T17:30:50Z","updated_at":"2016-06-14T17:30:50Z","body":"@fran6co Do you know which distributions are making the 8192cu driver available via a dkms or akmods mechanism? (And by that I mean distributions, or their semi-official cohorts in the case of something like the RPMFusion relationship to Redhat/Fedora, rather than private individuals just importing the Realtek code into their own github repo and applying a patch or two they obtained from another third party.....) "}}
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