realtek 8192cu driver vista network controller

See raspberrypi/linux#1468 and raspberrypi/linux#1525 for examples.

I'd normally choose to use the upstream kernel driver ( rtl8192cu) but there has been some older/ongoing discussion on the Raspberry Pi kernel about which to use with some people reporting issues with the rtl8192cu driver. rtl8xxxu: Not really sure about this one, I think this is eventually(?) supposed to replace a lot of drivers for realtek devices but it doesn't really seem to be used a lot/ready yet įor reference: In the readme of the repo that's currently the main place where realtek's 8192cu driver is mainted ( ) the suggestion is to the rtl8xxxu driver over the 8192cu driver.Note that this driver is enabled using the same kernel CONFIG_ flag af the above rtl8192cu driver :x It is being updated by contributors to the Raspberry Linux repo.Īll of the three drivers listed here are included in their kernel config but the rtl8192cu and the rtl8xxx drivers are blacklisted via /etc/modprobe.d/nf and /etc/modprobe.d/nf. This is one has been added to the Raspberry Linux repo and is used by default on Raspberry Pis. 8192cu: A driver from realtek themselves containing basically a modified copy of kernel infrastructure code from a long time ago which seems to have gone without updates from realtek for quiet a while.rtl8192cu: The upstream kernel driver, mac80211 based.One observation is that there are several drivers one can use for the chipset used in the usb nub (Realtek 8192cu).

Realtek 8192cu driver vista network controller