package/rtl8821au: switch to abperiasamy fork
authorChristian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:28:40 +0000 (13:28 -0700)
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:49:51 +0000 (14:49 +0200)
commit5eecaf354ced9f322707fa07bb75570d209850e3
tree3f858c1861ac33e651f42ebbea29734d34fab483
parent56593fa8dac2419814d45aa2b9b78708b7d6594a
package/rtl8821au: switch to abperiasamy fork

Switching to the rtl8821au fork at github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.

 - The current fork we are using is maintained by 1 person.
 - The current fork does not work, and there are no plans to fix this:
     - https://github.com/ulli-kroll/rtl8821au/issues/5
     - https://github.com/ulli-kroll/rtl8821au/issues/6
 - In practice, the current fork has numerous instability issues.
 - Our lab switched to the abperiasamy fork a couple months ago and have been very happy with it.
 - The contributor list for the abperiasamy fork contains 21 well-known individuals in the community.
 - The raspberry pi community recommends the abperiasamy fork and uses it extensively.
 - Firmware blobs are not necessary with the new fork.

Signed-off-by: Christian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk