From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 17:42:21 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B605256 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3CB723D8 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:42:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (pD9FBE0EC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.251.224.236]) (authenticated bits=128) by land.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r98HgH1H056127; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:42:18 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r98Hg4rA061362; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:42:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r98HfbBV055077; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:42:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:24:09 PDT." <52519CB9.8040203@mu.org> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:41:37 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:42:21 -0000 Hi Alfred & cc current. Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On 10/6/13 8:21 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > I wrote Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:28:43 +0200 > >> Rui Paulo wrote: > >>> On 2 Oct 2013, at 16:57, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi current@, > >>>> It seems I need if_urtwn driver for a really miniature WLAN USB stick, > >>>> & if_urtwn is only in current ? > >>>> man 4 if_urtwn refers to ports/net/urtwn-firmware-kmod which is missing ? > >>> > >>> This driver was never merged to FreeBSD 9. > >> OK, Thanks for confirmation. > >> > >> > >>> Can you use FreeBSD 10 instead? > >> Yes, easier than building from 9.X I guess (& helps test alpha :-). > >> I'll fetch from local mirror, per > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2013-September/044951.html > >> > >> > >>> The port reference in the man page is wrong. The firmware is now shipped as part of the base system. > >> Oh nice, easier :-) > > I'm happy to report with 10.0-ALPHA4 /boot/loader.conf if_urtwn_load="YES" > > `ifconfig wlan0 scan` works OK. Thanks :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Julian > > Cool! > > I have a g4 tibook 12in with an if_bwn that doesn't really work at all. > > I got one of these (if_urtwn) and it works enough to download about a > meg or so before the watchdog kicks in and I have to ifconfig down/up it > to get it to respond again. > > I even have a patch pending to add the usb identifier for this. > > Is there someone I can provide debug information for to help resolve this? I too am seeing urtwn0: timeout waiting for checksum report sometimes I can scan & sometimes not, (whereas with a run0: stick I have no problem) I've not got as far as trying to move data. I'd appreciate any patches you have Alfred Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, multipart/alternative.