From: Christian Stewart Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:28:40 +0000 (-0700) Subject: package/rtl8821au: switch to abperiasamy fork X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5eecaf354ced9f322707fa07bb75570d209850e3;p=buildroot.git 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 Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.hash b/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.hash index cac4ce23e5..01f22cc072 100644 --- a/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.hash +++ b/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.hash @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ # Locally calculated -sha256 64d068b92215f06f877629b2e6cd5da41329ac1222104ff9dc7ec504ca23af09 rtl8821au-116a3abe7783b023655e9917afe2d1eabe178028.tar.gz +sha256 6e4334b0718b2ac611bf8b4d7a493b016bdb1c24daa7b459f091b92b6fd961c7 rtl8821au-c33ddb05a77741d2a9c9b974ad0cf0fa26d17b6e.tar.gz diff --git a/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk b/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk index ebb16659f3..9ba43ef146 100644 --- a/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk +++ b/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk @@ -4,22 +4,15 @@ # ################################################################################ -RTL8821AU_VERSION = 116a3abe7783b023655e9917afe2d1eabe178028 -RTL8821AU_SITE = $(call github,ulli-kroll,rtl8821au,$(RTL8821AU_VERSION)) -RTL8821AU_LICENSE = GPLv2, proprietary (rtl8821au.bin firmware) +RTL8821AU_VERSION = c33ddb05a77741d2a9c9b974ad0cf0fa26d17b6e +RTL8821AU_SITE = $(call github,abperiasamy,rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux,$(RTL8821AU_VERSION)) +RTL8821AU_LICENSE = GPLv2 RTL8821AU_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING RTL8821AU_MODULE_MAKE_OPTS = \ - CONFIG_RTL8821AU=m \ + CONFIG_RTL8812AU_8821AU=m \ KVER=$(LINUX_VERSION_PROBED) \ USER_EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DCONFIG_$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENDIAN))_ENDIAN -define RTL8821AU_FIRMWARE_INSTALL - mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/ - $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/firmware/* $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/ -endef - -RTL8821AU_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += RTL8821AU_FIRMWARE_INSTALL - $(eval $(kernel-module)) $(eval $(generic-package))