bug#50787: closed (rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module driver is empty)

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regarding rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module driver is empty
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> rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module driver is empty
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> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:56:05 -0400
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> Hello,
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> On current master, it contains:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> tree 
> /gnu/store/28xapcdbk1v5zjsxpa16qvbnhr7cqcgd-rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module-5.6.4.2-5.b8167e6
> /gnu/store/28xapcdbk1v5zjsxpa16qvbnhr7cqcgd-rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module-5.6.4.2-5.b8167e6
> ├── lib
> │   └── modules
> └── share
>     └── doc
>         └── rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module-5.6.4.2-5.b8167e6
>             └── LICENSE
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> 5 directories, 1 file
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> Needless to say, it doesn't work.
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> Is this caused by a too new linux-libre kernel used?  If so, it'd be
> nicer to catch such problem at build time, rather than wondering why
> wifi no longer works after a reconfigure :-).
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> Thanks,
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> Maxim
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> Re: bug#50787: rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module driver is empty
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> Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:16:19 -0400
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux)
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> Hello,
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> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Hello,
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> > I looked a bit at the problem, but I have no clue as to why the Linux
> > kernel Makefile-based module build system changed behavior, and nothing
> > seems to have changed on this driver's side (its Makefile has been
> > untouched for about a year).
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> > Perhaps the problem is more general to our linux-module-build-system and
> > Linux-libre 5.14 (I have it running still on 5.13).
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> > I opened an issue with upstream here:
> > https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/issues/893.
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> Fixed by Tobias with commit a939011b58c65f4192a10cde9e925e85702bacf4.
> Thank you!
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> Closing.
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> Maxim
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