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Date:      Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:54:21 +0300
From:      "Andriy Voskoboinyk" <avos@freebsd.org>
To:        "Kevin Lo" <kevlo@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: urtwn(4) / rtwn(4) drivers are merged - call for review / testing
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In-Reply-To: <20160922092442.GA72044@ns.kevlo.org>
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Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:24:42 +0300 =D0=B1=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BE =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=
=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE Kevin Lo <kevlo@freebsd.org>:

Hi,

So, the driver was fully tested. Thanks!
Can you set dev.rtwn.0.debug=3D0x829f for RTL8188CE to see how big
the problem is?

> Hi Andriy,
>
> First of all, THANK YOU!  You're doing amazing work!
> Second, I've done some testing on the following devices, downloading
> FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20160809-r303880-disc1.iso from  =

> ftp.freebsd.org:
>
> - ASUS USB-N10 NANO (RTL8188CUS):
>   rtwn0: <vendor 0x0b05 product 0x17ba, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr=
  =

> 3> on usbus0
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188CUS, RF 6052 1T1R
>
> - TP-Link TL-WN725N v2 (RTL8188EU):
>   rtwn0: <Realtek 802.11n NIC, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 4> on  =

> usbus0
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188EU, RF 6052 1T1R
>
> - D-Link DWA-131 (RTL8192CU):
>   rtwn0: <vendor 0x2001 product 0x330d, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr=
  =

> 3> on usbus0
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8192CU, RF 6052 2T2R
>
> - TP-Link Archer T4U (RTL8812AU):
>   rtwn0: <Realtek 802.11n NIC, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 7> on  =

> usbus0
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8812AU, RF 6052 2T2R
>
> - D-Link DWA-171 rev A1 (RTL8821AU):
>   rtwn0: <802.11n WLAN Adapter> on usbus0
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8821AU, RF 6052 1T1R
>
> - RTL8188CE mini pcie:
>   rtwn0: <Realtek RTL8188CE> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem  =

> 0x90800000-0x90803fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci1
>   rtwn0: r92ce_attach: warning: hardware crypto enabled
>   rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188CE, RF 6052 1T1R
>
> All seems to be ok, except RTL8188CE PCIe adapter doesn't work:
>
> rtwn0: r92ce_post_init: warning: net80211 ratectl is used
> rtwn0: device timeout
>
> 	Kevin
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 04:26:38PM +0300, Andriy Voskoboinyk wrote:
>>
>> Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:29:03 +0300 =D0=B1=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BE =D0=BD=D0=B0=
=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE Andriy Voskoboinyk
>> <avos@freebsd.org>:
>>
>> Now it resides on https://github.com/s3erios/freebsd-rtwn (integrated=

>> into src tree, so it can be built with 'make buildkernel' / 'make
>> buildworld').
>>
>> This the last stage; once all reported issues will be resolved, I'm
>> going to merge it into HEAD.
>>
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > rtwn(4), urtwn(4) and urtwm (from previous emails) drivers were mer=
ged
>> > into a
>> > single rtwn driver (plus rtwn_usb / rtwn_pci device glue); the code=
 is
>> > available on https://github.com/s3erios/rtwn repository. Among  =

>> bugfixes /
>> > code deduplication, there some new features too:
>> >
>> > 1) multi-vap support (one any wireless interface + one STA interfac=
e +
>> > any number of monitor mode interfaces).
>> > 2) few new sysctls:
>> >   * dev.rtwn.#.crypto - controls how to use hardware crypto  =

>> acceleration
>> >   * dev.rtwn.#.ratectl_selected
>> >   * dev.rtwn.#.ratectl - selects current 'rate control' algorithm
>> > (currently only 'none' and 'net80211' are supported; RTL8192CE need=
s
>> > testing
>> > with the last).
>> > 3) (incomplete) power management support for RTL8188EU (requires
>> > firmware).
>> > 4) Short Guard Interval support.
>> >
>> > It's known to work with RTL8188CUS, RTL8188EU and RTL8821AU; howeve=
r,
>> > it was never tested with RTL8192CE or RTL8812AU.
>> >
>> > How-to-build:
>> > 1) download / checkout the repository.
>> > 2) apply 'patch-usbdevs.diff' against '/usr/src'
>> > 3) build and install rtwn module:
>> >     cd $repository/sys/modules/rtwn && make && make install
>> > 4) build and install rtwn_usb/rtwn_pci:
>> >     cd ../rtwn_usb && make && make install
>> >     cd ../rtwn_pci && make && make install
>> > 5) unload previous && load current drivers:
>> >     kldunload if_urtwn if_rtwn
>> >     kldload /boot/modules/if_rtwn.ko /boot/modules/if_rtwn_usb.ko
>> > /boot/modules/if_rtwn_pci.ko
>> > 6) Use.
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