[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 1/1] rtl8821au: new package

Christian,

Please do not reply to me directly, keep the list in Cc. Thanks.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:55:09 +0000, Christian Stewart wrote:

I didn't see the kernel module infrastructure before, not really sure how I
missed it. I remember looking closely at the manual.

The kernel module infra is brand new, it was merged like 10 days ago.

I put it under linux-firmware because I thought that was where all of the
wifi related drivers should go. But I think you're right that it should be
separate.

Yes, it's not a firmware per-se.

The reason why I'm using my version of the driver is because it's based on
an entirely different wifi driver release from the other repository you've
linked. Mine is based on v4.3.14_13455.20150212_BTCOEX20150128-51 while
theirs is based on a version from a couple years ago. Thus mine is actually
closer to the vendor version, with some fixups.

Is it okay to use this version?

I suppose it's not possible to directly download the vendor version?

If not, then using your Github repo is probably OK. The issue is of
course that in 6-12 months, you'll probably stop caring about this
driver, and no-one will be able to upstream fixes anymore. But I guess
that's the normal life-cycle for out of tree kernel drivers,
unfortunately.

Thanks!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com