How to detect driver version I am using?

[techtonik]

Got a whole lot of question about driver management. The reason why I need it is the same problem as in #76. How to detect if I am using driver that comes with kernel or driver that is custom compiled from this repository (I don't remember if I previously installed driver from sources on this system)?

If I compile driver now, won't it override future kernel version? How can I detect when new kernel comes with newer version of the driver? Thanks.

[lwfinger]

This repo was cleverly designed to provide a different name than the kernel. If 'lsmod | grep 8188eu' returns "r8188eu", you have the kernel version. If it returns "8188eu", you have this one.

When you install a new kernel from your distro, you wipeout any external driver. That also applies to reinstalling the same kernel.

[techtonik]

Cool, I wish it was a link to FAQ somewhere. =) lsmod | grep 8188 shows r8188eu.

[techtonik]

The only question left - if I compile driver from this repository, will it conflict with current kernel driver?

[lwfinger]

Possibly. If you install the driver from this repo, you should blacklist the kernel version.

[lwfinger]

Possibly. If you install the driver from this repo, you should blacklist the kernel version.

[techtonik]

It looks like the kernel driver is missing on Fedora. I don't get why - the kernel version is higher than on Ubuntu, where kernel driver is present.

[lwfinger]

Not all distros configure staging drivers. It has nothing to do with kernel version.