Hi,
On 13-08-19 17:39, Peter Robinson wrote:
> We're considering removing support for Wireless Extensions
from
> NetworkManager in Fedora 32 time frame.
>
> A more modern Wi-Fi configuration API, cfg802111/nl80211, has been
> available since 2007 and maybe there's no point in carrying the
> maintenance burden anymore. It seems reasonable to assume that all
> relevant and actively maintained wireless drivers have been ported.
Is there a way to see which upstream wireless drivers don't support
cfg802111/nl80211 by grepping an include or similar? There's a few
tools in Fedora that still use the userspace side of things for wext.
Overall I would like see it removed :)
That is my question to, specifically I'm worried about the RealTek
drivers under drivers/staging. E.g. the rtl8723bs driver is used in
a lot of hardware.
I believe those drivers support cfg802111/nl80211, but it would be
good to verify. Can you perhaps provide a scratch-build of NM with
this already disabled? That might be the best way to test, the proof
is in the pudding after all.
Regards,
Hans