[RFC] Inclusion of RT2860 driver

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Thu Sep 11 13:03:23 BST 2008


On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 02:55:11PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> As to what should be done with DKMS vs. in the kernel packages, assuming
> this is a GPL driver, it seems more natural to build it with the kernel,
> particularly as a step toward being merged upstream.  Shipping additional
> firmware certainly shouldn't be an issue.

It's unlikely that rt2860 will be merged in its current form. There are 
efforts being made to integrate it with the in-kernel Realtek drivers.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org



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