[Debian-eeepc-devel] 1201N : wifi : how the driver (alpha or beta) rtl8192se can be put into the staging drivers tree of the kernel ?

[giggzounet]

2010/1/22 Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml at googlemail.com>

> On 1/22/10, giggzounet <giggzounet at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > on the 1201N there is a "new" wifi card and there is no available driver
> in
> > the kernel. On the net we can found a beta/alpha driver :
> > rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1211.2009.tar.gz(see
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/linux/%2Bbug/401126). My
> > question is : what are the conditions for a driver to be inserted into
> the
> > staging drivers tree of the kernel ?
>
> I think the main condition is that the code is submitted by active
> developers, with a specific plan for getting it into shape.
>
> For more details see <http://lwn.net/Articles/285678/>.
>
> Regards
> Alan
>

Ok thx for these infos.
the others wifi realtek drivers are now in the staging drivers...So I have
hope... :)

bye
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