Which driver module use your wifi card, Raspberry Pi

List all USB modules
lsusb
Now can view detailed information with
lsusb -s 001:004 -v
The output will be similar like
There are a lot of stuff but after all, you can not really tell the module name.

Lets list all loaded modules and based of founded Wireless name try to guess yours
lsmod
Another way is power down the pi and turn it on without the wifi dongle and run lsmod again. See the difference!
List module info
modinfo rt2800usb
Output:
Here is brilliant list which module can work as an access point:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers

Related:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-wireless-driver-chipset/

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