From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 01:55:45 2008 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 3F1711065670 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:55:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E5E8FC18 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:55:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1137232rvf.43 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:55:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:to:cc:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:organization :x-operation-sytem:from; bh=pTh2evhYdJZWZaNv7+pA6kWH2lt8+rqtx5qfeTs1CxI=; b=V07+zUBbSfmRo8ZegBHoqYanpC3cPOmWd5/naw1Glw0RuaAHqX1gGkHT2+UAvRHJ8F g3YsHT6NKHJXeAbG9uUh1JDVS1XJEHjE8khrmn5b8LziDFeh5tVZAX+r1roYQvCOGGJi yEziiyDsKCFIf/6uZQwgy+0L5KBM72DILXQpg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem:from; b=H3r33he6ij1+9zDsDgpU2VzfcySFeo4MksyzXuMiI8D14awH7gZ2N+nRHfbEZo9bMK 1vzdkDcMDqvYIeBPxAYukDaViTGBto8bv9bjOcWXJZkzpfFmmSm8UxMvueLLZ37V3orJ 8gGG+0MAjLYTC5/FjtKKYKdYWrfX09qASAPOs= Received: by 10.143.2.20 with SMTP id e20mr3159964wfi.269.1227837344834; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:55:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebsd.weongyo.org ([211.53.35.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm505373wfg.30.2008.11.27.17.55.42 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:55:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by freebsd.weongyo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:56:05 +0900 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:56:05 +0900 To: Kevin Lo Message-ID: <20081128015605.GC65714@freebsd.weongyo.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Lo , FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List References: <20081107052937.GA19400@freebsd.weongyo.org> <1227761156.6443.8.camel@nsl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1227761156.6443.8.camel@nsl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: CDNetworks. X-Operation-Sytem: FreeBSD From: Weongyo Jeong Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List Subject: Re: CFT: Realtek 8187L wireless USB driver - urtw(4) 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: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:55:45 -0000 On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:45:56PM +0800, Kevin Lo wrote: > Weongyo Jeong wrote: > > Dear all, > > Hi Weongyo, > > > This driver supports 8187L which is one of Realtek's 8187x series and > > I'm looking for testers who have this device. :-) With lack of H/W I > > can't add codes for 8187/8187B devices that AFAIK they can share a lot > > of codes and can be supported without modifying many part of codes. > > > > In my environment the basic features (WEP/WPA and etc ...) are worked > > and the driver based on USB1 (not USB2) can be found at as follows: > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/urtw_20081107.tar.gz > > > > I think a current problem of urtw(4) is poor RX/TX performance about > > 8 ~ 10Mbps due to mishandling the rate controlling and I'm not sure it > > would easy to fix it without documents but I expect the connection would > > be stable. > > > > Please let me know if you encounter any problems or opinions. Always > > patches to improve or enhance features are welcome! > > I purchased a Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 for testing, urtw(4) for me, thanks! > > > dmesg | grep urtw0 > urtw0: 2> on uhub4 > urtw0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag > urtw0: WARNING: rx buffer is smaller than 2500 > > > ifconfig > 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 8 (2447 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:11:09:0c:32:81 > 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 Thank you for tests. I'd add this device to the supported list. :-) regards, Weongyo Jeong