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To all having an issue with this driver: please try these alternate packages: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtw88-dkms-git or https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git.

a patch to make it work for rpi and may be other ARM device:

--- PKGBUILD.old    2019-03-15 20:08:05.345042676 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD    2019-03-15 20:04:24.390294977 +0100
@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@
         sed -e "s/@_PKGBASE@/${_pkgbase}-dkms/" \
                         -e "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/" \
                         -i "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf
+
+   # patch Makefile for RPI
+   sed -i '/^CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC/s/y/n/' ${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/Makefile
+   sed -i '/^CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI/s/n/y/' ${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/Makefile
+   # disable debug code with __DATE__ macro (TODO: proper fix ?)
+   sed -i '/__DATE__/s/^/\/\//' ${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/core/rtw_debug.c
 }

Note: I am seeing the interface of the usb wifi key marketed as DEEPOW dongle (from amazon) changing MAC address at every boot even though I have not set up anything like that in netctl, here.

I don't know if it's a hardware problem or driver problem. However, it's the same with rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git driver

Didn't build for kernel 6.15.2.

DKMS (dkms-3.2.1) make.log for 8821au/5.12.5.2.r247.gb90b76d for kernel 6.15.2-arch1-1 (x86_64)

Building module(s)
# command: 'make' -j12 KVER=6.15.2-arch1-1 KSRC=/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build M=/var/lib/dkms/8821au/5.12.5.2.r247.gb90b76d/build  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/8821au/5.12.5.2.r247.gb90b76d/build'
  CC [M]  core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_security.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_debug.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_io.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ieee80211.o
core/rtw_cmd.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
core/rtw_security.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_security.o] Error 1
  CC [M]  core/rtw_mlme.o
core/rtw_debug.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
core/rtw_io.c:47:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   47 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_debug.o] Error 1
core/rtw_ioctl_query.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_io.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_ioctl_query.o] Error 1
core/rtw_ioctl_set.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
core/rtw_ieee80211.c:20:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
   20 | #include <drv_types.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_ieee80211.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_ioctl_set.o] Error 1
core/rtw_mlme.c:17:10: fatal error: hal_data.h: No such file or directory
   17 | #include <hal_data.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_mlme.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/Makefile:2003: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/8821au/5.12.5.2.r247.gb90b76d/build'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1/build'
make: *** [Makefile:2505: modules] Error 2

# exit code: 2
# elapsed time: 00:00:00
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I believe this is a distinct issue from the one reported for 6.13?

@zebulon: thank you, rebuilding fixed it for linux 6.13.1!

Upstream Git repository has fixes for 6.13. Please reinstall the package, as it needs no PKGBUILD syntax update.

Yes indeed kernel 6.13 broke many of the rtl drivers, including the rtl8814au-aircrack-dkms-git version. Please be patient until we find a fix.

Just wanted to inform that after upgrade to linux 6.13.1.arch1-1 dkms build fails:

os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c:10523:32: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct net_device *, struct cfg80211_chan_def *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct cfg80211_chan_def *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
10523 |         .set_monitor_channel = cfg80211_rtw_set_monitor_channel,
      |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c:10523:32: note: (near initialization for ‘rtw_cfg80211_ops.set_monitor_channel’)

For linux-lts 6.12.12-1 the build worked fine so I temporarily switched to lts kernel.

I'm wondering: is it possible to get my 0bda:a811 device working with new rtw88 driver?

@concatenate: do you need 8812 or 8821 ? This is 8821au only. Now if the aircrack driver does not work too, it is unfortunately a problem difficult to solve, due to the fact these drivers are half open, half proprietary. EDIT: Alfa docs for your adapter are here: https://docs.alfa.com.tw/Support/Linux/RTL8811AU/ and indeed they mention 8812au, 8821au, aircrack but the title of the page says 8811au ! I know that Alfa is usually Linux friendly, have you tried to contact them? They also bring you to https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?id=usb:0bda-0811 and unfortunately it seems it is marked as "FAILED" for many systems.

I am currently on 6.6.49-1-lts kernel and I'm using the Alfa AWUS036ACS AC600 USB Wireless Adapter and WikiDevi says that this adapter uses the rtl8812au driver. I have tried literally almost every driver with no success. The LED turns on but the driver somehow messes with the kernel and hangs my PC. I can't use wireshark on the interface. I have tried rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git and along with rtl8821au from morrownr from GitHub and it still does not work well (crashes and unresponsive). I believe the driver is not updated to the latest kernel and it's breaking something in the background. If anyone has an updated driver or a workaround to get it working, please let me know. I am devastated. :/

Downloading the latest snapshot, and building from the current master (7305e07) results in a working rtl8821au-dkms-git-5.12.5.2.r216.g7305e07 that properly builds with DKMS during kernel updates (currently at 6.6.1-arch1-1).

@zebulon This just broke on my system too. Happened fairly recently, but couldn't tell you the exact kernel update that put the kibosh on it. I'm currently on 6.4.6-arch1-1 but it might've been an update or 2 prior. Not sure if there's been any updates since your last post so bump for visibility. I'll buy new hardware if I need to, but the USB dongle I was using wasn't all that old really. Thank you!

@tag_enk: unfortunately it seems that this driver has not been yet updated to linux kernel version 6. This driver starts to be outdated and you may have better result with https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git.