Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:14:10 +0530 From: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com> To: "parv/FreeBSD" <parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=8Binstalled_freebsd_but_cannot_config_wifi_netw?= =?UTF-8?Q?ork?= Message-ID: <CACJufxFwKDSo2hgKuQC%2BfVnK%2BLR1Qyex2AebynmuDN0sXCpJtg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABObuOq3-XktuotYoFT=WR8AF7fh=Jgz9AANUi=r6qfJ9uhByA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACJufxHmo_XAy1rCFhFTjYh3n6VFf_MHLnyJ4P7bC-WhWizUTg@mail.gmail.com> <CACJufxE9BSo8oSgobtvT=uiZTQhjmtYMsq6aqoteOhbqZ7tK1g@mail.gmail.com> <CACJufxFzm6u7%2B6gCSO8NMvZyKnUKDfR1xqYNKfP47BwSavTtXg@mail.gmail.com> <CABObuOq3-XktuotYoFT=WR8AF7fh=Jgz9AANUi=r6qfJ9uhByA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 12:53 PM parv/FreeBSD <parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:33 PM jian he wrote: > > Hi Jian, > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM jian he wrote: >> >>> >>> The following command runs on Ubuntu on the same machine, on a different >>> disk. >>> sudo lshw -C network >>> >> ... > >> *-network >>> description: Wireless interface >>> product: RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter >>> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >>> physical id: 0 >>> bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 >>> logical name: wlp2s0 >>> version: 00 >>> serial: dc:e9:94:7c:4d:fd >>> width: 64 bits >>> clock: 33MHz >>> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet >>> physical wireless >>> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8822ce >>> driverversion=5.15.0-58-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.18.120.137 latency=0 >>> link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 >>> resources: irq:137 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:4d500000-4d50ffff >>> >>> I found related post: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4) >>> >>> dmesg | more | grep WLAN >>> return nothing. >>> >> > (/visiting from future/) > The driver would be "rtw88", not "re", for the card per ... > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88 >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235 >> > > Thank you for including the links; helps ... > > > >> Does that mean my device's wifi card is not supported by freebsd? >> > > ... as I understood, your Realtek WiFi card is in the state > of getting proper support, development is on going. I got the > impression that the card would be usable for unknown length of > time. If it would stop to work & would require a reboot, I would > not be surprised. > > Whatever the state of current driver is, is not available from > 13.[0]1-RELEASE images; 12.x-RELEASE might not ever get the support. > > To test and/or use those changes, you would have to compile and > install FreeBSD from source. Source is available via Git repository; > need to use either "stable/13" (13-STABLE) or "main" (14-CURRENT) > branch. > > For background and details to compile the OS, including the kernel, > see ... > > Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD: Using FreeBSD-STABLE, > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable > > > - parv > > > -- > > Hi, Now I am using Ubuntu. So I need to apply at least the following change[]1] at least to test RTL8822CE wifi card. I need to compile from source code, then make a memstick image, mount to a usb stick, then install from the usb pen drive. If all things going well, dmesg | more | grep WLAN should return something? Or how can I test if my wifi card is working. [1]: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=d3b0a58ee78ecdc5e2700e0aaaab21755496d148 [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 12:53 PM parv/FreeBSD <<a href="mailto:parv.0zero9%2Bfreebsd@gmail.com" target="_blank">parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace">On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:33 PM jian he wrote:</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">Hi Jian,<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM jian he wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The following command runs on Ubuntu on the same machine, on a different disk.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">sudo lshw -C network<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">...</span> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> *-network<br> description: Wireless interface<br> product: <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span>RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter<br> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.<br> physical id: 0<br> bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0<br> logical name: wlp2s0<br> version: 00<br> serial: dc:e9:94:7c:4d:fd<br> width: 64 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless<br> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8822ce driverversion=5.15.0-58-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.18.120.137 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11<br> resources: irq:137 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:4d500000-4d50ffff</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I found related post: <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)" target="_blank">https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?re(4)</a></div><div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span>dmesg | more | grep WLAN</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">return nothing.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace">(/visiting from future/)</div><div style="font-family:monospace">The driver would be "rtw88", not "re", for the card per ...<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88" target="_blank">https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Rtw88</a></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235" target="_blank">https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248235</a></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace">Thank you for including the links; helps ...</div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Does that mean my device's wifi card is not supported by freebsd<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">?</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">... as I understood, your Realtek WiFi card is in the state</div><div style="font-family:monospace">of getting proper support, development is on going. I got the</div><div style="font-family:monospace">impression that the card would be usable for unknown length of</div><div style="font-family:monospace">time. If it would stop to work & would require a reboot, I would</div><div style="font-family:monospace">not be surprised.<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"> <div style="font-family:monospace">Whatever the state of current driver is, is not available from</div><div style="font-family:monospace">13.[0]1-RELEASE images; 12.x-RELEASE might not ever get the support.<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div> </div><div style="font-family:monospace">To test and/or use those changes, you would have to compile and</div><div style="font-family:monospace">install FreeBSD from source. Source is available via Git repository;</div><div style="font-family:monospace">need to use either "stable/13" (13-STABLE) or "main" (14-CURRENT)</div><div style="font-family:monospace">branch.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">For background and details to compile the OS, including the kernel,</div><div style="font-family:monospace">see ...</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"> Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD: Using FreeBSD-STABLE,</div><div style="font-family:monospace"> <a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable" target="_blank">https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable</a></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div><div style="font-family:monospace">- parv</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">-- <br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"></div><br></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Hi,</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Now I am using Ubuntu. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">So I need to apply at least the following change[]1] at least to test <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span>RTL8822CE wifi card.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I need to compile from source code, then make a memstick image, mount to a usb stick, then install from the usb pen drive.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">If all things going well, dmesg | more | grep WLAN should return something? Or how can I test if my wifi card is working.<br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">[1]: <a href="https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=d3b0a58ee78ecdc5e2700e0aaaab21755496d148">https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=d3b0a58ee78ecdc5e2700e0aaaab21755496d148</a></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div><br></div><br></div>
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