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lwfinger
Returned original module name.
This change is OK, but I will not merge it as it violates my naming convention. Names rtlxxxxyy are reserved for drivers in the regular wireless tree. Names rxxxxyy are for drivers in the staging tree, and names xxxyy are for drivers that are not merged into any kernel tree.
Why did you need to change the name?
When installing with dkms it is not good to change original names or blacklist original modules. DKMS stores them in a different place and replaces the original modules with new ones on install. And reverse it on uninstall. If we keep different names there may be conflict between two modules. But in this case there is no rtl8192du in kernel, if I am correct.
Correct, there is no rtl8192du in the kernel, and there is never likely to be. That would require a complete rewrite of the driver to use mac80211 instead of the current MAC stack written by Realtek. If the current driver were to be added to the kernel, it would be called r8192du.
OK. I just pushed that driver to Ubuntu ppa. I will think how to get it smooth with namings. It is good to have all updates in your ppa, so I could just pull and repack them. Let's leave it as it is for a while then.