This Pull Request updates the driver version to v4.3.24.8_22657.20170607.
This driver is a lot more stable than the current version (v4.3.24.6_20019.20161107), that version has a lot of disconnects for me, can't even download a large file without disconnecting. At first I reverted to the version v4.3.24_15589.20151023 with the kernel fixes backported, it worked fine, but then I stumbled onto this version. All kernel fixes from the repository are re-applied to this version.
jwrdegoede
commented
6 years ago
This Pull Request updates the driver version to v4.3.24.8_22657.20170607. This driver is a lot more stable than the current version (v4.3.24.6_20019.20161107), that version has a lot of disconnects for me, can't even download a large file without disconnecting. At first I reverted to the version v4.3.24_15589.20151023 with the kernel fixes backported, it worked fine, but then I stumbled onto this version. All kernel fixes from the repository are re-applied to this version.
I also added kernel 4.15 to the test, as that was the latest kernel that contains a breaking change (timer interface). You can see the test results here: https://travis-ci.org/jerbob92/rtl8189fs_linux/builds/409588972
This version was the latest version that I could find. It is sourced from https://github.com/rockchip-linux/kernel/tree/release-4.4/drivers/net/wireless/rockchip_wlan/rtl8189fs, I removed some rockchip specific stuff from the code that broke compilation. It also contains a newer version of the rtl8189es driver (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/kernel/tree/release-4.4/drivers/net/wireless/rockchip_wlan/rtl8189es), which has version v4.3.18.4_22798.20170620 vs v4.3.18.1_15373.20151005 from the current master branch. I don't have a rtl8189es device so I can't test, someone else might.