2010/11/5 Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s....@gmx.de>: > Hi > > On Thursday 04 November 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 19:21 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: >> > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:59:41 +0800, Keng-Yu Lin wrote: > [...] >> > > * Package name : rtl8192ce-dkms >> > > Version : 2.6.0003.0628.2010+dfsg >> > > Upstream Author : Realtek Semiconductor Corporation >> > > * URL : http://www.realtek.com >> > > * License : GPLv2 >> > > Programming Lang: C >> > > Description : Realtek RTL8192CE driver in DKMS format. >> > > >> > > This package contains Realtek 802.11 Linux wireless driver >> > > for use with Realtek RTL8192CE-based hardware. >> > >> > Why is that driver not in the standard kernel package? >> >> Because it's not upstream. So the next question is, why is it not >> upstream (in staging)? > > This appears to be scheduled for 2.6.38: > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg58284.html > Message-ID: <4ccd856e.9010...@lwfinger.net> > > as follow up to > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg58273.html > Message-ID: <4ccce60f.6090...@lwfinger.net> > > at least the required firmware for RTL8192CE and RTL8712U (replacing > RTL8192SU/ r8192s_usb in 2.6.37) has been merged into linux-firmware.git > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1011.0/00610.html > Message-ID: <4cd014ec.e0ho4xdm0+tov1xt%larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=tree;f=rtlwifi > > Assuming RTL8192CE support gets merged for 2.6.38, introducing a new > package providing dkms support it during a freeze might not be very > effective. Once it gets actually merged, a backport to (then current) > 2.6.37 should be relatively trivial. > > Regards > Stefan Lippers-Hollmann >
It will be very nice if someone is already working and getting this driver in staging. think to close this bug soon and please re-open it if there is still need for this package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
