[PATCH 0/8] Import new RTL8192E driver
Larry Finger
Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Tue Jul 19 01:41:04 UTC 2011
On 07/18/2011 03:17 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 08:50:18AM +0900, Mike McCormack wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> This series imports the latest RTL8192E driver from Realtek.
>> The driver is more similar to drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi's
>> structure, and it should be migrated into rtlwifi eventually.
>
> Does this duplicate any existing driver in the kernel tree so that we
> end up with multiple drivers trying to control the same hardware?
No, there is a duplicate PCI ID between this driver and rtl8192se in mainline;
however, both drivers use the PCI version to select the correct device.
This contribution removes an older version of r8192e_pci. There will be no
conflicts.
Larry
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