Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:14:01 -0200 From: Luan Hospodarsky <ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Realtek 8188ce driver Message-ID: <BAY169-W264C9BE00C0E40F81E90D2E3720@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sqpit70hD852aApwoSqvBwpvwnKMVADZoWZz=GEn77nw@mail.gmail.com> References: <BAY169-W383D122EB78512C655FF58E38C0@phx.gbl>, <CAJ-VmokJYMgWwVuLv_RR6OKeRReppkVXXLp6G3x3pUYsFnUSwQ@mail.gmail.com>, <BAY169-W5FDC742D5A4FA38B3A5A4E38D0@phx.gbl>, <CAN6yY1sLqr_V1VhF=pz9K3f9_eUqED2EDQ9ECDPgsxE1BTvUqA@mail.gmail.com>, <BAY169-W74B595F062D6C5D4066BA0E38D0@phx.gbl>, <CAN6yY1sqpit70hD852aApwoSqvBwpvwnKMVADZoWZz=GEn77nw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Kevin=2C I understood almost everything you said=2C only one more question: This patch that was updated to HEAD=2C how do I do to get it? Is it include= d in the ndis port/package? Write the driver I think is almost impossible for me=2C I am not engineer= =2C only programmer. So I guess it is hard to deal with the hardware. Anyway=2C thanks for the attention and if anyone in anywhere find (or make)= any solution for it I will be very grateful. I will try to find some old drivers from realtek to this device and test. I= f everything get wrong I'll buy another...Not from Realtek. Luan. > Date: Mon=2C 30 Jan 2012 17:07:20 -0800 > Subject: Re: Realtek 8188ce driver > From: kob6558@gmail.com > To: ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com > CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org >=20 > On Mon=2C Jan 30=2C 2012 at 2:30 PM=2C Luan Hospodarsky > <ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi=2C > > I already tried ndis and the module it generated did not work. > > But I don't know anything about a ndis patch=2C can you tell me more ab= out it? > > Replace the device is still an alternative=2C but I want to avoid it th= e max possible. > > I have never written a driver=2C but I could try. Do you have anything = to share that can help me give the first steps writing a driver? > > Thanks. > > > >> Date: Mon=2C 30 Jan 2012 13:54:05 -0800 > >> Subject: Re: Realtek 8188ce driver > >> From: kob6558@gmail.com > >> To: ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com > >> CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > >> > >> On Mon=2C Jan 30=2C 2012 at 1:41 PM=2C Luan Hospodarsky > >> <ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi Adrian=2C > >> > Thanks for the reply=2C > >> > > >> > So is there some work about it? > >> > It is great! If you find anything=2C let me know! > >> > Thanks again. > >> > > >> > Date: Sun=2C 29 Jan 2012 17:00:43 -0800 > >> > Subject: Re: Realtek 8188ce driver > >> > From: adrian@freebsd.org > >> > To: ironfall_blindguardian@hotmail.com > >> > CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > >> > > >> > Hi=2C > >> > > >> > I think there's been some recent work to get this chipset support in= to shape but I don't know wehre it lives or whether the driver is in a work= able setup. > >> > > >> > Does anyone know anything further? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Adrian > >> > > >> > On 29 January 2012 13:24=2C LuX - I like you <ironfall_blindguardian= @hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Hello=2C I'm Luan and I'm a newer FreeBSD Lover. > >> > > >> > I am having a problem and I have found no answer anywhere=2C but I h= ope you can give me a light. > >> > > >> > My notebook has an integrated wireless card (Realtek 8188ce) and the= Realtek site provides drivers only for Windows and Linux. > >> > > >> > I had read the FreeBSD manual=2C asked for help in the forum and in = the IRC ##freebsd=2C but unfortunately nobody could help me. > >> > > >> > My conclusion is that such driver does not exist in FreeBSD. > >> > > >> > Is there any projects to port such driver from Linux (I guess OpenBS= D has that driver as well=2C so the porting could be less painful) or some = compatible driver to this device? > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance. > >> > > >> > --- > >> > > >> > Luan Hospodarsky > >> > > >> > ___________________________= ____________________ > >> > >> 1. You could try ndis. It did not work for me=2C but a patch to ndis > >> looks like it may have fixed the problem. > >> > >> 2. The other option is to replace the card. What brand of laptop is > >> it? Levovo locks down the wireless and will not boot with any card but > >> one they sold. I believe HP does the same. I had to buy a card with > >> the Lenovo PCI ID to get it to work. I found it from a place that was > >> in Germany=2C but the card was shipped from Tel Aviv. It cost about = 3 > >> times what a generic Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 would have cost. > >> :-( > >> > >> You might be able to re-write the PCI ID on a standard Intel card=2C b= ut > >> I could not figure out how to do it. You can also patch the BIOS=2C bu= t > >> that make future BIOS upgrades a real problem. > >> > >> 3. Write a driver > >> -- >=20 > If the documentation for the interface is available=2C it's not too > hard=2C but from what I've seen=2C wireless is one of the trickier ones. > While I hope someone gets around to writing one=2C even with the Linux > driver to work from=2C I don't think I'd want to try it. It's been years > since I last wrote a driver and it was not on FreeBSD=2C so I am not the > best source of an opinion. >=20 > Sorry ndis failed. It cause my system to panic when it loaded the > module=2C but a patch to NDIS to fix either my problems or something > very similar was committed to HEAD several months ago and should be in > 9.0 and maybe even 8.2. Sounds unlikely to fix the problem. >=20 > If you don't have a Lenovo or HP=2C swapping is easy and supported > half-height mini-PCIe cards are in the 20-25 USD range from multiple > vendors. I know it's annoying to have to do it=2C but it is probably the > only way you will get wireless on that system in even reasonably soon. > --=20 > R. Kevin Oberman=2C Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com =
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