[elrepo] Updated 8818AU driver, please

[Nick Howitt]

On 05/03/2018 20:24, Nick Howitt wrote:
>
>
> On 05/03/2018 20:16, Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 05/03/18 09:35, Nick Howitt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a little USB 802.11ac dongle that I'm trying to get going in 
>>> my server. lsusb gives:
>>>
>>>     Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
>>>     RTL8811AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
>>>
>>>
>>> I've had a look at the current kmod driver which is version 
>>> 8188eu-kmod-4.1.4_6773.20130222-3 and it does not cover the USB ID. 
>>> Looking at the spec file in the src rpm it points me to 
>>> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu but there is no useful update 
>>> there.
>>>
>>> There appear to be a few sources for this driver such as 
>>> https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux and 
>>> https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU which both cover the USB 
>>> ID. Are you able to work your magic on one of these or any other 
>>> relevant version you can find?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Nick
>>
>>
>> Sure, I can take a look but it probably won't be before the weekend.
>>
>> Do either of those driver sources compile / work for you? The first 
>> one looks more maintained so I'd probably start with that. I couldn't 
>> find any linux driver/source on the Realtek website for your device, 
>> only for Windows. I wonder where these (above) driver sources 
>> originated?
>>
>> Phil
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> Hi Phil,
> I have not tried compiling anything because I don't know what magic 
> you do. I can give it a go and see what happens. I am puzzled about 
> the sources because I tried searching github for rtl8188au and only 
> the lwfinger sources appeared so I must searching incorrectly. I agree 
> about the realtek site. I tried searching there as well.
> Yours puzzled,
> Nick
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Google-fu working better: 
https://github.com/zebulon2/rtl8812au-driver-5.2.20 and 
https://github.com/gordboy/rtl8812au. I've never compiled dkms stuff 
before ....

Nick