WiFi - Realtek - rtl8812au

[Stephen Morris]

On 01/30/2015 08:34 AM, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 01/30/2015 06:47 AM, poma wrote:
>> On 29.01.2015 20:25, poma wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> Try this
>>>> $ git clone https://github.com/vsurrel/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
>>>>
>>>> $ cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/
>>>> $ git log -1
>>>> commit 7a427372bf5540285d95f090ad5523019a365415
>>>> Author: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github at nmacleod.com>
>>>> Date:   Thu Dec 18 11:42:48 2014 +0000
>>>>
>>>>      Add support for kernel 3.18
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also try PLD Linux method:
>>>
>>> $ curl -JLO 
>>> https://github.com/pld-linux/rtl8812au/archive/master.tar.gz
>>> $ tar xf rtl8812au-master.tar.gz
>>>
>>> $ curl -JLO 
>>> https://github.com/austinmarton/rtl8812au_linux/archive/master.tar.gz
>>> $ tar xf rtl8812au_linux-master.tar.gz
>>>
>>> $ cp rtl8812au-master/*.patch rtl8812au_linux-master/
>>>
>>> $ cd rtl8812au_linux-master/
>>>
>>> $ patch -p1 < linux-3.11.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < disable-debug.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < enable-cfg80211-support.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < update-cfg80211-support.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < warnings.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < gcc-4.9.patch
>>> $ patch -p1 < linux-3.18.patch
>>>
>>> $ make
>>>
>>> $ su
>>>
>>> # cp 8812au.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/
>>> # depmod
>>> # modprobe -v 8812au
>>>
>>> # dmesg
>>> ...
>>> RTL871X: module init start
>>> RTL871X: rtl8812au v4.3.2_11100.20140411
>>> RTL871X: build time: Jan 29 2015 20:10:14
>>> usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8812au
>>> RTL871X: module init ret=0
>>>
>>>
>>> Ref.
>>> Driver for AC1200 (802.11ac) Wireless Dual-Band USB Adapter
>>> https://github.com/pld-linux/rtl8812au
>>> &
>>> rtl8812au Linux driver (v4.3.2 fork) for Realtek based 802.11ac devices
>>> https://github.com/austinmarton/rtl8812au_linux
>>> =
>>> ftp://master-ftp.pld-linux.org/dists/3.0/PLD/SRPMS/RPMS/rtl8812au-4.3.2_11100.20140411-0.20140901.6@3.18.4_1.src.rpm 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This repo is also interesting:
>>
>> Rewrite RTL 8812 driver
>> https://github.com/ulli-kroll/rtl8821au
>>
>> even has firmwares:
>> $ ls rtl8821au/firmware/
>> rtl8812aufw.bin  rtl8821aufw.bin
>>
>> make produces:
>> ... error: macro "__DATE__"
>> ... error: macro "__TIME__"
>>
>> Classic! :)
> That's the error I was getting with the original program that led to 
> this thread.
> I'll also try the PLD drivers and see how they go.

I've run the PLD patch process and the make to build the driver which I 
am using at the moment. I'll monitor this for a while and see how it 
goes. I'll also need to do the compile again as I have also just done an 
update run which has updated to the 3.18 kernel.
>>
>> Must be the ubiquitous Realtek RTL8812AU USB 3.0 802.11ac chipset is 
>> really popular.
>>
>
>
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