Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 06:25:25PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > Hi all, > > This is me keeping a promise I made to Greg KH half a year ago. (Thread > here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2ny1lz/im_greg_kroahhartman_linux_kernel_developer_ama/cmhyvqh) > > > WHAT IS THIS? > = >

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-06 Thread P. Varet
On 07/06/2015 06:47 PM, Greg KH wrote: How about making it a patch for drivers/staging/ ? That way the code can get cleaned up in-tree by others? Ah, I thought that was what I did? As in, I checked out the kernel git repository, moved the driver code into drivers/staging/, and used git diff

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 07:01:30PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > On 07/06/2015 06:47 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > >How about making it a patch for drivers/staging/ ? That way the code > >can get cleaned up in-tree by others? > > Ah, I thought that was what I did? As in, I checked out the kernel git > repos

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-07 Thread P. Varet
On 07/06/2015 07:13 PM, Greg KH wrote: But, have you tried the in-kernel driver for this device? Hi Greg! Yes, I have. Sorry for not making this clear. The symptoms are as described in bug #57171. I haven't tested it again in recent months but I can do that for you when I'm back home if you

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-07 Thread Dan Carpenter
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 11:16:04AM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > On 07/06/2015 07:13 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > >But, have you tried the in-kernel driver for this device? > > Hi Greg! Yes, I have. Sorry for not making this clear. The symptoms > are as described in bug #57171. I haven't tested it again in

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-07 Thread P. Varet
On 07/07/15 11:54, Dan Carpenter wrote: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57171 This bug is a confusing mix of issues and it seems to be fixed. Just use network manager. Hi Dan! Thank you for your reply! I gave it another try, then. The behavior was the same as described before,

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-07 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 11:37:55PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > On 07/07/15 11:54, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > >https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57171 > > > >This bug is a confusing mix of issues and it seems to be fixed. Just > >use network manager. > > Hi Dan! Thank you for your reply! >

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-08 Thread Dan Carpenter
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 11:37:55PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > On 07/07/15 11:54, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > >https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57171 > > > >This bug is a confusing mix of issues and it seems to be fixed. Just > >use network manager. > > Hi Dan! Thank you for your reply! >

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-08 Thread P. Varet
On 08/07/15 11:14, Dan Carpenter wrote: This is a useless kind of statement because the bug is so jumbled up. I know! Honestly, I did not really understand the question in the first place, seeing as the bug is still open. I'm sure you realize that in the absence of a precise question, I can

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-08 Thread Dan Carpenter
On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 12:10:15PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > On 08/07/15 11:14, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > >This is a useless kind of statement because the bug is so jumbled up. > > I know! Honestly, I did not really understand the question in the > first place, seeing as the bug is still open. I'm

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-08 Thread Dan Carpenter
Also it would really help if you could test this on a 32 bit system. If we knew this is 32 vs 64 bit bug that would help. regards, dan carpenter ___ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-08 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 12:10:15PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > And Greg KH wrote: > > >That's as "supported" as anything is with Linux :) > > Kind of dispiriting... but so it goes. Why? That's better than you will get from any other operating system, where you don't have access to the developers w

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-10 Thread P. Varet
Hi Dan, hi all, On 08/07/15 12:36, Dan Carpenter wrote: The bug report says that it connects fine. Then in 10 minutes the connection dies and reconnects. Is connecting an issue for you? Oh, I was under the impression that the person who connects fine then loses the connection sporadically

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-10 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:54:30PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: > Here's what I see on my side. I'll try to be as thorough as I can. Please send this to the maintainer of the driver, and the linux-wireless mailing list. The people there can help you out much more so than the people on this driverdev-

Re: [PATCH] Alternate rtl8192cu driver.

2015-07-22 Thread P. Varet
Back home! Thanks for the reply, Greg. I'll do that, then. Cheers, -- P. On 10/07/15 21:28, Greg KH wrote: On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:54:30PM +0200, P. Varet wrote: Here's what I see on my side. I'll try to be as thorough as I can. Please send this to the maintainer of the driver, and th