Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver

From: Bitterblue Smith
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 15:37:27 EST


On 14/03/2023 10:06, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 1:25 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Also the rtl8xxxu driver supports way more devices, and is a fraction of
>>>>> the overall size, making this a much better overall solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to the r8188eu developers and maintainers and reviewers over the
>>>>> years, your work allowed Linux users to use their hardware before the
>>>>> real driver was implemented properly.
>
> Both r8188eu and rtl8188eu had support for access point mode but
> rtl8xxxu has none AFAICT.
> Is there something in the pipes to have AP mode supported?

Indeed, rtl8xxxu only supports station mode. I have been thinking about
adding support for AP mode at some point.