Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:22:30 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter Message-ID: <52546986.8020903@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 10/8/13 10:41 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > 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 <jhs@berklix.com> 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 Unfortunately all my time right now is being spent syncing changes to FreeNAS from our commercial product TrueNAS to improve both products. I tried to look at the code but my eyes quickly went cross and I had to get back to build stuff. -Alfred
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