Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:51:49 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsdlists@xmail.net> To: FreeBSD wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Realtek RTL8188CE support? Message-ID: <20161129015149.9BB2D2DB5462@www.xmail.net>
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Greetings, all.=0AI recently set out to create a wireless gateway, out o= f one of my servers.=0AI ran across a PCIe card that had the Realtek 818= 8CE chip on it, and upon=0Afurther investigation, indicated it was a pre= tty capable chip indeed. So I=0Alooked in hopes of finding FreeBSD suppo= rted it. While not listed in=0AHARDWARE.txt anywhere. I did find quite a= bit of evidence that it was=0Aindeed supported (via rtwn(4)). So I orde= red one. It just arrived, and I loaded=0Ain loader.conf(5):=0Aif_rtwn_lo= ad=3D"YES"=0A=0ABut further installation seems to indicate that (at leas= t in RELENG_11) that=0Athe rtwn(4) driver is (only?) intended for dongle= s (USB), and not the PCIe=0Aversion(s) of the RTL8188CE chipset. Is this= true? If so, is the work on=0ACURRENT (12), which *does* appear to supp= ort the RTL8188CE, (back)portable=0Ato 11? Normally, I'd find it fairly= trivial to back port the changes, but I=0Asee what appears to be a comp= lete re-organization to the network infrastructure=0Awhere drivers are c= oncerned.=0AI'm not on 12, and can't make the jump yet. So here's hoping= .=0A=0AThank you for all your time, and consideration.=0A=0A--Chris=0A--= ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------=0A
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