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Realtek WiFi drivers submitted for 3.8.13 kernel

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coreplayer2:
New Realtek driver extensions submitted for rtl8192cu compatible USB WiFi adapters for x86 and x86_64 architectures of 3.8.13 kernel

Official Realtek driver, requiring no additional firmware.

Blacklist of in-tree module required to use this official driver

  blacklist=rtl8192cu boot code will prevent loading of in-tree module

bmarkus:
What are the benefits of the Realtek driver over one provided by Kernel, except the menioned firmware?

coreplayer2:
I found Reliability an issue, with respect to maintaining connections over any length of time considerably improved with official module,  whereas in-tree driver dropped connections frequently at least on my test hardware.

See attached recent release notes for Official driver, particularly the x86_64 fix (afaik is not included with in-tree version).

 
If the Official drivers support the intended hardware they can easily be recompiled if requested to support various power saving modes, which are currently not enabled by default and AFAIK not available at all with in tree module.

coreplayer2:
Ok more Realtek wireless drivers submitted to the TC-5.x repo

wl-8188eu-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz
wl-8188eu-3.8.13-tinycore64.tcz

to

tc-5.x  x86
tc-5.x  x86_64
tc-5.x  corepure64

for Realtek 8188eu 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapters

Supporting the very popular TP-LINK TL-WN725N (v2) mini wireless device

coreplayer2:
Also, just updated the  RTL8192CU  wireless drivers with PID's to support the recent D-LINK wireless adapter DWA-131

Both these listed wireless devices are N300 compatible and add to the list of supported N300 devices,  we are no longer limited to N150 wireless speeds

D-LINK Wireless N300 Nano USB Adapter DWA-131
and
TP-LINK Wireless N300 Mini USB Adapter TL-WN823N

are supported in these extensions being submitted today

wl-r8192cu-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz
wl-r8192cu-3.8.13-tinycore64.tcz

for
TC-5.x  x86,  x86_64  and corepure64


Note: in-tree 8192cu driver will need blacklisting

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