[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] rtl8723bu: new package

Mylene JOSSERAND mylene.josserand at free-electrons.com
Mon Nov 27 10:04:53 UTC 2017


Hello,

Le Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:35:27 +0100,
Jeroen Roovers <jer at airfi.aero> a écrit :

> On 27 November 2017 at 10:01, Mylène Josserand
> <mylene.josserand at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > Add RTL8723BU package to compile the Realtek RTL8723BU Wifi
> > driver.  
> 
> I believe recent versions of the in-kernel rtlwifi driver cover the
> RTL8723BU as well. Is there any reason to prefer Realtek's driver? If
> there are important differences, then it may be useful to record the
> advantages of this driver in the Config.in help section.

Yes, I tried this driver and I did not succeed to make it work. I sent
an email on the mailing list "linux-wireless" about that[1]. I still do
not have an answer. It would be nice if it can work with mainline's 
driver.

I tested Realtek's driver and it is working just fine so I thought
to contribute the package, in case it could help others.

I can add it in the help section but maybe, the status of the mainline
driver will change so I do not know.

[1]:
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org/msg40501.html

Thanks, 
Best regards,

Mylène Josserand


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