New: RTL8723BS library is outdated
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071
Bug ID: 15071
Summary: RTL8723BS library is outdated
Product: buildroot
Version: 2022.02.6
Hardware: Other
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: Outdated package
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Good day, It seems that the RTL8723BS library in the buildroot settings accessible by "make menuconfig" and "make linux-menunconfig" is outdated and hasn't been updated for a long time
In the "~/buildroot-2022.02.6/package/rtl8723bs/rtl8723bs.mk" file, I saw this line:RTL8723BS_SITE = $(call github,hadess,rtl8723bs,$(RTL8723BS_VERSION)) which means that it's fetching the library from
https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs which as you can see is not being updated anymore and is extremely outdated. For example it doesn't respect the changes to the timer done in the 4.15 kernel
I tried lowering my linux kernel version in the "make menuconfig" settings as a compromise but this library still won't compile. Tried and failed with kernel versions 4.11, 4.12 and 4.14
The kernel itself seems to have an up-to-date driver for it
(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs) but I don't think we can access it via buildroot
Is there any chance to fix this library? Thanks
I've attached my .config file if it helps
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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071
[email protected] changed:
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Severity|normal |major
--- Comment #1 from [email protected] ---
Sorry, seems that this website has a 75kB limit, so I've uploaded my .config file here: https://anonymfile.com/pZKO/.config
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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated
In reply to [email protected]https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071
--- Comment #2 from Giulio Benetti <[email protected]> --- (In reply to alirezatm from comment #0)
Hi,
it's true, package rtl8723bs is outdated and indeed has been dropped with this commit:
https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/commit/?id=7763ba7007172ceb5e928ae5902735d727aaa90d
As pointed by:
https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs/commit/3bb1d33ad98c1d77b5e17a1b707e137b35e6d0a5
now the driver has made it into staging Linux driver folder.
So you can access and configure Linux by issuing:
$ make linux-menuconfig and then you can find RTL8723BS driver. But take care because it needs some CONFIG_ to be enabled: CONFIG_STAGING=y CONFIG_WLAN=y CONFIG_MMC=y CONFIG_CFG80211=y CONFIG_MODULES=y
To find these informations you can search "rtl8723bs" in linux-menuconfig(as well as in Buildroot menuconfig) by typing "/" and there it will be shown the "depends on" and what it "Selects".
This way you should be able to have the driver built.
Best regards
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[Buildroot] [Bug 15071] RTL8723BS library is outdated
In reply to [email protected]https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15071
Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> changed:
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |WONTFIXSignature · 6 lines
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