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danielem

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Registered: 2020-12-27

Posts: 25

is it ok that some module comes from staging directory?

6.916475] atomisp: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    6.979226] random: crng init done
[    6.979232] random: 1 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[    7.002247] r8723bs: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    7.117020] RTL8723BS: module init start
[    7.117026] RTL8723BS: rtl8723bs v4.3.5.5_12290.20140916_BTCOEX20140507-4E40
[    7.117027] RTL8723BS: rtl8723bs BT-Coex version = BTCOEX20140507-4E40

[    7.120088] **********************************************************
[    7.120090] **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
[    7.120091] **                                                      **
[    7.120092] ** trace_printk() being used. Allocating extra memory.  **
[    7.120093] **                                                      **
[    7.120094] ** This means that this is a DEBUG kernel and it is     **
[    7.120095] ** unsafe for production use.                           **
[    7.120095] **                                                      **
[    7.120096] ** If you see this message and you are not debugging    **
[    7.120097] ** the kernel, report this immediately to your vendor!  **
[    7.120098] **                                                      **
[    7.120099] **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
[    7.120100] **********************************************************

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that my WiFi is working :-) just making sure that there is no mistake in including something from staging directory instead of production one

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: is it ok that some module comes from staging directory?

Things are in the staging directory because the driver doesn't meet the stable quality expectations but is included nonetheless to provide preliminary support. There's no mistake here and many realtek chips land there because they often have quite weird drivers that need to be cleaned up first.

danielem

Member

Registered: 2020-12-27

Posts: 25

Re: is it ok that some module comes from staging directory?

Thanks for answer!