Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:46:58 -0300 From: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org> To: Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@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 testing (Was: RTL8812AU / RTL8821AU driver) Message-ID: <9A93030A-2112-4DBF-B3E4-50698C98218A@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <op.ym4deppz4dikkl@localhost> References: <op.yjivmw1k4dikkl@localhost> <op.yjvko8zt4dikkl@localhost> <op.ym4deppz4dikkl@localhost>
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> On 1 Sep 2016, at 13:29, Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > Hi everyone, >=20 > rtwn(4), urtwn(4) and urtwm (from previous emails) drivers were merged = 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: >=20 > 1) multi-vap support (one any wireless interface + one STA interface + > 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 needs = testing > with the last). > 3) (incomplete) power management support for RTL8188EU (requires = firmware). > 4) Short Guard Interval support. >=20 > It's known to work with RTL8188CUS, RTL8188EU and RTL8821AU; however, > it was never tested with RTL8192CE or RTL8812AU. >=20 > 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. I have a Thinkpad T430 with a PCIe RTL8188CE. It fails waying I didn=E2=80= =99 t load a firmware that doesn=E2=80=99 t exist: rtwn0: <Realtek RTL8188CE> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xf1c00000-0xf1c03fff = at device 0.0 on pci2 rtwn0: r92ce_attach: warning: hardware crypto enabled rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188CE, RF 6052 1T1R wlan0: Ethernet address: e0:06:e6:c7:54:73 rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B: could not load firmware image, error 2 rtwn0: failed loadfirmware of file rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B I=E2=80=99ve loaded rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B.ko, never heard of = rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B.ko -- Renato Botelho
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