realtek 802.11n driver RTL8188FU

The project has a long-standing and well documented hatred of Realtek WiFi chips that require out-of-tree drivers that break (or require new patches) with every kernel bump we make (often). So we stopped adding drivers on user request several years ago; the exception being when it's a simple patch to add a device ID or such to an existing in-kernel driver which we can send upstream.

There are two ways forwards. You can either self-compile an LE image with the driver you found included - all Realtek drivers follow the same build recipe so it's never that complicated to clone/adapt the recipe for an existing card with the required details to get something to build. Or you swap to use a different USB WiFi device which is supported in the upstream kernel and doesn't need drivers. However don't ask for a list of supported devices as there isn't one; because creating one and then maintaining it would be even more work than supporting the ever-growning list of shitty realtek drivers in the first place.

Quote from pietnlindy

Is there a way to install this driver into libreelec?

You could build you own LE image and include it like https://github.com/LibreELEC/Libr…12AU/package.mk

But to be clear we will not add this driver as long it is not at the kernel, these out of tree drivers break at every kernel bump and are a pain to deal with.

otherwise just get a Wireless Bridge adapter, done (for example TP-Link TL-WR802N N300 and enable client mode)