From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Tue Nov 29 03:20:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A43BC5AF09 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x235.google.com (mail-io0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E4E31D9D for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x235.google.com with SMTP id m5so129916337ioe.3 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:20:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=gKcELFfNG6249Q/MhvdVmrawclD2bugRP+qkifUlnSo=; b=y8If7d/x/6AB69HOLrs56ofL4nBwP00k3MSsXVxtQlSCY4f3L0Enz7gnFq1JJmKCGK jrRWzx8wbLv8PGN87fYhxHfxjJS3J75Me/udjZ63PJue51SgvD15mFSN/Hb/e/7ZSpHl y6Ww7VswAR1sH329V2mciW9aN3BJOEKWxAwyEbt9sNmz3x+ScbvGhkw98Xp9Idv9D0dt bCevA0eiQtnP4SI51NdOZJG+Y8EyXO4mamSf4/327I1S6rWLkzJza+gDF7038drQAiyI k/K2PC7HcX4DWZYnP2TFpUIK41zhlVvKtCUxmuzVDQ4FegWMhRBKSyM+srWdxxmgRxTf F/6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=gKcELFfNG6249Q/MhvdVmrawclD2bugRP+qkifUlnSo=; b=CtSB+HD0e0Efd8KEGoL+XN2XgSvWi5caCUr6kb8xb5BZf7DpFoTQKA9O0cR/veyEL+ fh/RV8sHR2RyoSiC6v9lYjI6VQcLDZ71I/M3ht1Zag2p4L4qkpXMwxcmy3UrHML2CIp1 6L7wnRFv+5PeHowe1nq5OROwtmCFJeGwEPYKpo58vtCS+6Vd4n1yxZkNLmMxpzBEUDLp 5IHZDAVTLrRe2EhaJ1j7yCLZJuVALpkXM9KtHsznLCCv/EqP9LeCCebL30SclGQUNKZc oCAvnKtFzNJqVVY74kA796U9V0onbrtXP0SToXYcsJTfJqspG1RZQoURYZbJMRufLMmq ZGjQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC036fyE10yHlgfgq9WYlTXH6/euV0ETl3oqCGMKeBEIbkkjGdCGfoGqNkq6mscIp2mgi1ESvyWX6dNjJqA== X-Received: by 10.36.138.67 with SMTP id v64mr21425087itd.39.1480389618429; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:20:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.39.134 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:20:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20161129015149.9BB2D2DB5462@www.xmail.net> References: <20161129015149.9BB2D2DB5462@www.xmail.net> From: Adrian Chadd Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:20:17 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8188CE support? To: Chris H Cc: FreeBSD wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:20:19 -0000 hiya, I think we can backport the whole thing, but it comes with a lot of other changes. I'll talk to Andriy about it; maybe we can pick a time where we can just checkpoint the whole -head wireless stack + drivers and backport it in one hit. -a On 28 November 2016 at 17:51, Chris H wrote: > > Greetings, all. > I recently set out to create a wireless gateway, out of one of my servers. > I ran across a PCIe card that had the Realtek 8188CE chip on it, and upon > further investigation, indicated it was a pretty capable chip indeed. So I > looked in hopes of finding FreeBSD supported it. While not listed in > HARDWARE.txt anywhere. I did find quite a bit of evidence that it was > indeed supported (via rtwn(4)). So I ordered one. It just arrived, and I loaded > in loader.conf(5): > if_rtwn_load="YES" > > But further installation seems to indicate that (at least in RELENG_11) that > the rtwn(4) driver is (only?) intended for dongles (USB), and not the PCIe > version(s) of the RTL8188CE chipset. Is this true? If so, is the work on > CURRENT (12), which *does* appear to support the RTL8188CE, (back)portable > to 11? Normally, I'd find it fairly trivial to back port the changes, but I > see what appears to be a complete re-organization to the network infrastructure > where drivers are concerned. > I'm not on 12, and can't make the jump yet. So here's hoping. > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > --Chris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"