El dom, 4 abr 2021 a las 12:28, Devops PK Carlisle LLC (<dev...@pkcarlisle.com>) escribió: > > This is interesting. > > First, I must ask... Are either Ralink or Atheros more quickly adopted > into Linux support before Realtek? Are they more stable, etc.? (In my > original post, I noted that I pulled a Realtek based 5ghz dongle from an > extreme end user system, in no small part due to stability/reliability)?
I do not think so, I guess this mostly depends on how many people are involved with each driver and how well tested is the code. In the particular case of rtw88 driver (the one supporting chipsets in the subject), it is maintained by Realtek folks with additional contributions from the community. Some chipsets are supported, some not yet. For the case I know (rtl8821ce), original chipset is supported, but support for other variants (e.g., rfe 2) was late for 5.11 (Realtek tests took longer than expected), but will be present in 5.12 kernel, requiring new firmware (https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/2/2/76). I think the best option is to wait for that kernel and firmware to reach debian-backports. For other variants of other chipsets things may be fifferent. Regards, -- Agustin
