[Debian-eeepc-devel] 1201N : wifi : how the driver (alpha or beta) rtl8192se can be put into the staging drivers tree of the kernel ?

[Alan Jenkins]

On 1/22/10, giggzounet <giggzounet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on the 1201N there is a "new" wifi card and there is no available driver in
> the kernel. On the net we can found a beta/alpha driver :
> rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1211.2009.tar.gz(see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/linux/%2Bbug/401126). My
> question is : what are the conditions for a driver to be inserted into the
> staging drivers tree of the kernel ?

I think the main condition is that the code is submitted by active
developers, with a specific plan for getting it into shape.

For more details see <http://lwn.net/Articles/285678/>.

Regards
Alan