linux-kernel - Re: RTL8187SE staging Linux driver

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Message-ID: <20130910165606.GB1960@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:56:06 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@...il.com>
Cc:	wlanfae@...ltek.com, shwei <shwei@...ltek.com.tw>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
Subject: Re: RTL8187SE staging Linux driver

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 05:59:54PM +0200, Andrea Merello wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As you probably know, in the current Linux kernel there is a staging
> driver for the RTL8187SE device (based on my older RTL8180/RTL8185
> Linux driver), while there also a regular (not staging) driver
> supporting older RTL8185 and RTL8180 devices
> (net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180) .
> 
> As far as I can see, the RTL8187SE device seems not so much different
> from an RTL8185 device.
> I would like to try (in my spare time) to add support for RTL8187SE
> device in the current RTL818x driver, in order to avoid code
> duplication, remove a driver from staging, and make RTL8187SE using
> mac80211.
> 
> Do any one of you have any comment/objection/suggestions about this ?

I would be extremely happy for you to tackle this.

> Is it possible to get the RTL8187SE documentation to make things easier?

This info used to be readily available.  If you can't find a source, I
probably still have a (mildly useful) datasheet somewhere in my heap...

> For now I will probably keep different RF code for the two cards even
> if the RTL8225 (zebra 2) radio is used by both RTL8187SE and some
> RTL8185 devices, however if I could get enough documentation about it,
> it would be great to try to merge also RF code..
> 
> Thank you,
> Andrea

Seems reasonable...

John
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