Re: [WIP v2] rtlwifi: rtl8192su subdriver

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/09/2012 07:40 AM, Joshua Roys wrote:
> On 06/30/2012 10:23 AM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> > on Mon, 7 May 2012 Joshua Roys wrote:
> >
> > > Currently a WIP.
> >
> > > A few things have changed between this and the previous version.
> > > Larry Finger's \
> > > patch for handling the race condition with mac80211 and the firmware
> > > callback is used \
> > > instead (rtlwifi: fix for race condition when firmware is cached), and
> > > a new patch \
> >  > [...]
> >
> > hi Joshua,
> >
> > any news on that ?
>
> Hello,
>
> Currently I'm still searching for the hidden/undocumented registers that will
> allow the rtlwifi driver to drive the *su chips.  (The rtlwifi driver uses the
> softmac infrastructure while the current firmware for the *su chips really needs
> a fullmac driver.)

I don't think I believe the business about a fullmac driver. Driver r8712u, 
which does handle the RTL8191SU, uses its own softmac driver.

Larry

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