linux-kernel - Re: RTL8192SE support status

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20090731141600.GA28088@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:16:00 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RTL8192SE support status

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:31:16PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been getting some private mail regarding the status of RTL8192SE
> wireless chipset support (the chipset is used in some newer netbooks,
> i.e. Medion Akoya E1312) so the current situation is:
> 
> * I'm not working on it and I don't know if/when the driver is coming.
> 
> * Realtek has been queried about the issue two weeks ago but we haven't
>   heard anything back yet.
> 
> * rtl8192su driver present in staging area of the kernel is for RTL8192SU
>   (USB version of the chipset) and never contained working/complete code
>   for RTL8192SE (PCI-E version of the chipset) so there is no point in
>   attempts of reverting some patches in hope that it will make the things
>   magically work (it won't, please save your time).

Thanks for letting us know, this helps out a lot.

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/