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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:23:10 -1000
From:      "parv/FreeBSD" <parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:33 PM jian he wrote:

Hi Jian,

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM jian he  wrote:
>
>>
>> The following command runs on Ubuntu on the same machine, on a different
>> disk.
>> sudo lshw -C network
>>
> ...

>   *-network
>>        description: Wireless interface
>>        product: RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
>>        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>        physical id: 0
>>        bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
>>        logical name: wlp2s0
>>        version: 00
>>        serial: dc:e9:94:7c:4d:fd
>>        width: 64 bits
>>        clock: 33MHz
>>        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet
>> physical wireless
>>        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8822ce
>> driverversion=5.15.0-58-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.18.120.137 latency=0
>> link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
>>        resources: irq:137 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:4d500000-4d50ffff
>>
>> I found related post: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)
>>
>> dmesg | more | grep WLAN
>> return nothing.
>>
>
(/visiting from future/)
The driver would be "rtw88", not "re", for the card per ...


https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235
>

Thank you for including the links; helps ...



> Does that mean my device's wifi card is not supported by freebsd?
>

... as I understood, your Realtek WiFi card is in the state
of getting proper support, development is on going. I got the
impression that the card would be usable for unknown length of
time. If it would stop to work & would require a reboot, I would
not be surprised.

Whatever the state of current driver is, is not available from
13.[0]1-RELEASE images; 12.x-RELEASE might not ever get the support.

To test and/or use those changes, you would have to compile and
install FreeBSD from source. Source is available via Git repository;
need to use either "stable/13" (13-STABLE) or "main" (14-CURRENT)
branch.

For background and details to compile the OS, including the kernel,
see ...

  Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD: Using FreeBSD-STABLE,
  https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable


- parv


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<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:33 PM jian he wrote:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Hi Jian,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM jian he  wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The following command runs on Ubuntu on the same machine, on a different disk.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">sudo lshw -C network<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">...</span> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">  *-network<br>       description: Wireless interface<br>       product: RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter<br>       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.<br>       physical id: 0<br>       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0<br>       logical name: wlp2s0<br>       version: 00<br>       serial: dc:e9:94:7c:4d:fd<br>       width: 64 bits<br>       clock: 33MHz<br>       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless<br>       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8822ce driverversion=5.15.0-58-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.18.120.137 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11<br>       resources: irq:137 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:4d500000-4d50ffff</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I found related post: <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)" target="_blank">https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)</a></div><div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">dmesg | more | grep WLAN</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">return nothing.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">(/visiting from future/)</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">The driver would be &quot;rtw88&quot;, not &quot;re&quot;, for the card per ...<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88" target="_blank">https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88</a></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235" target="_blank">https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235</a></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Thank you for including the links; helps ...</div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Does that mean my device&#39;s wifi card is not supported by freebsd<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">?</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">... as I understood, your Realtek WiFi card is in the state</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">of getting proper support, development is on going. I got the</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">impression that the card would be usable for unknown length of</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">time. If it would stop to work &amp; would require a reboot, I would</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">not be surprised.<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">
<div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Whatever the state of current driver is, is not available from</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">13.[0]1-RELEASE images; 12.x-RELEASE might not ever get the support.<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div>

</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">To test and/or use those changes, you would have to compile and</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">install FreeBSD from source. Source is available via Git repository;</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">need to use either &quot;stable/13&quot; (13-STABLE) or &quot;main&quot; (14-CURRENT)</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">branch.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">For background and details to compile the OS, including the kernel,</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">see ...</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">  Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD: Using FreeBSD-STABLE,</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">  <a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable">https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable</a></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">- parv</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">-- <br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"></div><br></div></div></div>

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