From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 20:22:28 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 951333C9 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FA92E08 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Alfreds-MacBook-Pro-9.local (c-76-21-10-192.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [76.21.10.192]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 333341A3DA8; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52546986.8020903@mu.org> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:22:30 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter References: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 20:22:28 -0000 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 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