From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sat Sep 5 02:28:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C889D9CBB85 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 02:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x231.google.com (mail-ig0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9575CA10 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 02:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by igbkq10 with SMTP id kq10so24397362igb.0 for ; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:28:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=At85yEpn6YKGUd+AZaH2foUfInubGkGdiEJK7drt+Wc=; b=gTbhWRbeHkyMWp4NxvyAPucDsEEKH26FHd982pjcKif4WuIe73I7oNq40/LIRK7iJx HBImoHpzbC4m5UQ7/NhYcWoLk1BalbcZqFU+cDZ1SCq/43yGxwPVNqOP/ebKTepWCAMx MLQxLIWMRcRbQ9F+0c015H1DLEegHTDDz4slzxKhXm1t2ordIFLvt0KF2sdY2ngvMapv QK2OMuvdUCOMUXk82AHM29hjxN9RRY0f93g+9vehperhfsho00V+rbbAqC/6Mk4mx7SP rib6ukGbs/kwcMyVLyIwa6dSfb7jNn5Wn0E2uRarjwyuGYnUtPi4y9unGRSTHx9P9+vS YPYA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.45.33 with SMTP id j1mr257495igm.61.1441420085015; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:28:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.28.208 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:28:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <9723f27f8adc7024e07241b51fe3fafc@openmailbox.org> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:28:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to develop a wireless driver? From: Adrian Chadd To: Felix Friedlander Cc: fmm_07@openmailbox.org, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 02:28:05 -0000 Hi! Is it a PCIe NIC? -a On 4 September 2015 at 14:22, Felix Friedlander wrot= e: > Are you sure the existing driver doesn=E2=80=99t work? Try adding these t= wo lines to loader.conf: > > if_urtwn_load=3D=E2=80=9CYES" > legal.realtek.license_ack=3D1 > > and rebooting. If that doesn=E2=80=99t work, I would be looking at NDIS a= s your next best option - writing drivers is *hard*(as I have discovered in= my own attempts to update the bwn(4) driver). > >> On 5 Sep 2015, at 7:16 AM, fmm_07@openmailbox.org wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello, I have a wireless card that does not work in FreeBSD but in >> Gnu/Linux with a proprietary firmware (my wireless card is Realtek >> RTL8188CE), the firmware is rtl8192cfw.bin. >> My question is: How can I develop a free wireless driver and build it >> with a custom kernel in FreeBSD? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"