Update USB_WiFi_Chipsets.md

[cronfox]

Add AICSemi AIC8800D80/D2W for some cheap "Wifi 6" adpater in china market.

All AIC8800 is 1x1 MIMO, D80 can handle 80Mhz/"AX900" and D2W only can handle 40Mhz in 2.4G band ("AX300"/"AX286")

[bjlockie]

I don't think the driver is the kernel and I have doubts the driver will keep working with new kernels.

[morrownr]

Hi @cronfox

I need to think about whether to add this information. The problem is that AICSemi only provides an out-of-kernel driver. That does not work well for Linux because the development model of Linux is different than Windows or OSX. The way Linux wireless drivers should be done is to work in coordination with the devs at the linux-wireless mailing list. The drivers can then be integrated into Linux mainline and maintained there.

If you work for AICSemi, please contact me at morrownr at gmail dot com

If you do not work for AICSemi, please contact the appropriate people at AICSemi and tell them their Linux support is wrong and that they need to be involved with linux-wireless.

I have left messages via the AICSemi web site but have never had a reply. If I see the right things happening, I will be more than glad to give AICSemi some exposure on this site.

Regards

[cronfox]

oh...
I don't work for aicsemi.
I just bought one of their cards because the product description said, "This WiFi card supports Linux." I contacted the seller, and they gave me the "Linux support" file, but it's just a f-ing .deb file containing a f-ing DKMS module.

[morrownr]

@cronfox

I just bought one of their cards because the product description said, "This WiFi card supports Linux." I contacted the seller, and they gave me the "Linux support" file, but it's just a f-ing .deb file containing a f-ing DKMS module.

f-ing out-of-kernel wireless drivers may be good for devs doing embedded projects but are not good for us normal users that just want to use a computer. That is why Linux wireless standards point toward in-kernel drivers. How about this:

Since you are a customer, can I get you to contact AICSemi and tell them that the author of the following site...

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

...will be glad to provide their products some exposure once their Linux drivers are in-kernel like they should be. If they have questions, please ask them to contact me at morrownr at gmail dot com.

Thanks for the help. The last thing we need is more Realtek-like out-of-kernel crap.