From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 06:50:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBFCD106564A; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevlo@kevlo.org) Received: from ns.kevlo.org (kevlo.org [220.128.136.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C4888FC13; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevlo@kevlo.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (kevlo@kevlo.org [220.128.136.52]) by ns.kevlo.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0L6eO5h023971; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:40:40 +0800 (CST) From: Kevin Lo To: Weongyo Jeong In-Reply-To: <20090119112333.GA36305@freebsd.weongyo.org> References: <20090119112333.GA36305@freebsd.weongyo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:38:18 +0800 Message-Id: <1232519898.26154.11.camel@srg.kevlo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.3 OpenBSD/Ports Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: urtw(4) to be committed soon X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:50:55 -0000 Weongyo Jeong wrote: > Hello, Hi Weongyo, > I would like to commit urtw(4) driver for supporting Realtek's 8187L > wireless chipset based on USB into HEAD by the end of the week if there > are no objections. And the license of files would be as follows that > AFAIK it's based on OpenBSD's template license file: > > /*- > * Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong > * > * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any > * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above > * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. > * > * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES > * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF > * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR > * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES > * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN > * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF > * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. > */ > > Because I'm not a lawyer it'd definitely fail to answer about your > detailed questions. Just one thing I want to is that it's okay if it's > enough to use in *BSD, OpenSolaris and etc. Not want to go into > troubles. :-) > > I'm looking for a person to port from USB to NEWUSB and if you want to > test you can find the sources at: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/urtw_20090119.tar.gz Works for me, thanks. Though it's quite a bit slower, that's a job for another day :-) $ dmesg | grep urtw0 urtw0: on uhub0 urtw0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag $ ifconfig plip0: flags=108810 metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 urtw0: flags=108843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:40:0c:04:3b:2a media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:40:0c:04:3b:2a inet 192.168.1.116 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated ssid MSI channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:11:09:0c:2f:91 country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS > regards, > Weongyo Jeong Kevin