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Date:      Sun, 19 Mar 2017 01:28:23 +0200
From:      "Andriy Voskoboinyk" <s3erios@gmail.com>
To:        "Farhan Khan" <khanzf@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Trouble writing rtl8188ee driver
Message-ID:  <op.yxbktlthiew4ia@thinkpad-x220>
In-Reply-To: <CAFd4kYBbxJZAYgxPHTQhcVd2Ygsm36oA8gT_ASpXmSVZF-HpyA@mail.gmail.com>
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Sat, 18 Mar 2017 22:21:51 +0200 =D0=B1=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BE =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=
=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE Farhan Khan  =

<khanzf@gmail.com>:

Hi,

there is no need to create an additional rtl8188ee[e] directories / file=
s;
AFAIK, rtl8188ee is just a PCI-E version of rtl8188e chipset (and rtl818=
8eu
is an USB-based version); you should just separate pci / usb code inside=

rtl8188e directory (most of it will be the same; you can use rtl8192c as=
 an
example (but you should use rtl8188eu as an template - they are somewhat=

different))

About this particular bug: you don't have RTWN_FLAG_EXT_HDR set  =

(non-rtl8192c
chipsets may contain an 'extended header' in encoded ROM image; it is
generally used to extend maximum ROM image size over 128 bytes)

> Hi team,
>
> I'm toothe from the IRC channel. I hope you all are doing well :) Let =
me
> tell you where I am in writing my code. In short, I am stuck and need
> asisstance.
>
> I created a copy of the rtl8192c code, and placed it here:
> https://github.com/khanzf/freebsd/tree/master/sys/dev/rtwn/rtl8188ee
>
> I zero'd out all functions and went one-by-one to replace them as
> necessary. The section of code that I am stuck at is reading the  =

> EEPROM/ROM
> from the chip. I backed into the ROM image for the first 222 bytes by =
 =

> using
> the Linux source as documentation and created this: (
> https://github.com/khanzf/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/rtwn/rtl8188ee/r=
88ee_rom_image.h#L56)
> When
> I read from the ROM, I basically get 500~ bytes of 0xFF - the first 10=
 or
> so are set properly, suggesting that I am reading from the right memor=
y
> segment. Specifically, the first 2 bytes are 0x8129, which is accurate=
  =

> per
> the Linux driver. But why is everything else coming up as 0xFF's?
>
> I delved into how FreeBSD's rtwn and Linux's rtl8188ee drivers work. T=
he
> efuse code is very similiar, of course, but I do not understand the
> reasoning for what is occurring. The main difference I found, so far, =
was
> that the Linux driver will read from EFUSE_CTRL + an offset (1, 2 or 3=
),
> whereas the FreeBSD driver does not use an offset.
>
> This is where I am stuck. I would easily just change the code over to =
add
> the offset on the FreeBSD code, but it is in  =

> sys/dev/rtwn/if_rtwn_efuse.c,
> which is used by multiple drivers.
>
> I am unsure what is wrong or how to diagnose it. Can you please provid=
e  =

> me
> some guidance? I have been stuck on this same issue for a little more =
 =

> than
> a month.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
> Farhan Khan
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