From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Oct 22 09:02:57 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62A6C442C4C for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:02:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from vtr.rulingia.com (vtr.rulingia.com [IPv6:2001:19f0:5801:ebe:5400:1ff:fe53:30fd]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "vtr.rulingia.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CH1bg72p8z4ZwR for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:02:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from server.rulingia.com (ppp239-208.static.internode.on.net [59.167.239.208]) by vtr.rulingia.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 09M92dGO027828 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:02:45 +1100 (AEDT) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 vtr.rulingia.com 09M92dGO027828 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.rulingia.com (localhost.rulingia.com [127.0.0.1]) by server.rulingia.com (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 09M92Xco061554 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:02:33 +1100 (AEDT) (envelope-from peter@server.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.rulingia.com (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 09M92X8s061553 for freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:02:33 +1100 (AEDT) (envelope-from peter) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:02:33 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Using a Volans VL-UW30-FD with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20201022090233.GA60662@server.rulingia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/" Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CH1bg72p8z4ZwR X-Spamd-Bar: ------ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.19 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.01)[-1.010]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rulingia.com:s=default]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[peter]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.001]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rulingia.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rulingia.com,quarantine]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.08)[-1.082]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:2001:19f0:5800::/38, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-wireless] X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 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: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:02:57 -0000 --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whilst I'm waiting for ath10x support, I purchased a Volans VL-UW30-FD USB dongle[1]. According to the specs, it contains a Realtek RTL8192EU but usbconfig reports: idVendor =3D 0x0bda=20 idProduct =3D 0xf192=20 whilst usbdevs says that a RTL8192EU is product 0x818b. I tried creating a new product id and adding it to rtwn_devs[]. That was a partial success: rtwn0 on uhub0 rtwn0: <802.11n WLAN Adapter> on usbus1 rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8192EU, RF 6052 2T2R rtwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps rtwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mb= ps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps rtwn0: 2T2R rtwn0: 11ng MCS 20MHz rtwn0: MCS 0-7: 6.5Mbps - 65Mbps rtwn0: MCS 8-15: 13Mbps - 130Mbps rtwn0: 11ng MCS 20MHz SGI rtwn0: MCS 0-7: 7Mbps - 72Mbps rtwn0: MCS 8-15: 14.5Mbps - 144.5Mbps But attempting to actually use the interface was less successful: wlan0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff firmware: 'rtwn-rtl8192eufw' version 111: 31818 bytes loaded at 0xffffffff8= 2663000 rtwn0: rtwn_load_firmware: failed to upload firmware rtwn-rtl8192eufw (erro= r 5) Has anyone bumped into one of these and got it working? [1] https://www.volans.com.au/product/vl-uw30-fd/ --=20 Peter Jeremy --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE2M6l8vfIeOACl4uUHZIUommfjLIFAl+RSqRfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEQ4 Q0VBNUYyRjdDODc4RTAwMjk3OEI5NDFEOTIxNEEyNjk5RjhDQjIACgkQHZIUommf jLJJBA/9EyVQdXPk3ASO8tJ9eMVsizfqPtWubO207zV7UjVWxeB6Tzf56EfdNDa3 Tk29Qf8PXFjgo1DvpYlxwcopsdK+SXQlNqgxZOcL1iwKv2DXq7Zkvok6iPI5NKqx fzQogVSljyPYyb+6R8kd6fbmItPtFJNNuvbRP1el3c5s9T+EB0vbGQaDaSydAFBw XH/9BGhg3B2k7kJg/LuKtsxZr8nM952z7slFVo7rM9iDiYwKDvWZcSBajXa+UDzq 164zxmUQsFEnuzNHKGpZQpin0yGPGb1mRcMYEP2juUMBeN2qv4bTc2reXKrOqwtF 4v7P1DTyU5WMfL9Q6+SoLIh36ZlX45mkZH0DPU+hFMj3pi2KP/RMluaUNK6V/aDi wdgu7xYvuCH80AdLL5ZQLLye4zZhNOsSlpv6LG1HzWsJFyvTDssUu2aM5wt08IoH jLILclf6ZvHvZ3uADHPIcuK76FqTUVsfexiO1VmFS97E3NsiK+5TShxScafUQjLI Yq9aqpAjfsJbPBYzdmWWJdsYHFp0L7SP1Xw8TV6Fm7fKDgd7a3OB4dcxizGM2UUv 9uYkfYwQ566uqRUg/CqaJadwIRxnE/iMYnGkOb1S8k5wnMpDapXdh0ZSdXcv4YtH qZ/6U9mggDs1kCcs9dWNR91T/hzhuUBZlKWJzGlkHbr0IpnzDEw= =y6MH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/--