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Date:      Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:53:32 +0300
From:      "Andriy Voskoboinyk" <avos@freebsd.org>
To:        "Renato Botelho" <garga@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)
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Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:46:58 +0300 =D0=B1=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BE =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=
=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE Renato Botelho  =

<garga@freebsd.org>:

AFAIK, it is not critical (at least for USB devices).

If it won't work without firmware try to install it from
sys/modules/rtwnfw/rtwnrtl8192cEB (and restart the interface).

>> On 1 Sep 2016, at 13:29, Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@FreeBSD.org> wrote:=

>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> rtwn(4), urtwn(4) and urtwm (from previous emails) drivers were merge=
d  =

>> into a
>> single rtwn driver (plus rtwn_usb / rtwn_pci device glue); the code i=
s
>> available on https://github.com/s3erios/rtwn repository. Among bugfix=
es  =

>> /
>> code deduplication, there some new features too:
>>
>> 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 acceleratio=
n
>> * 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.
>>
>> It's known to work with RTL8188CUS, RTL8188EU and RTL8821AU; however,=

>> it was never tested with RTL8192CE or RTL8812AU.
>>
>> 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 0xf1c00000-0xf1c03ff=
f  =

> 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-rtl8192=
cfwE_B.ko
>
> --
> Renato Botelho
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Subject: Re: urtwn(4) / rtwn(4) drivers are merged - call for testing (Was:
 RTL8812AU / RTL8821AU driver)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:02:15 -0300
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> On 26 Sep 2016, at 16:53, Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:46:58 +0300 =D0=B1=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BE =
=D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE Renato Botelho =
<garga@freebsd.org <mailto:garga@freebsd.org>>:
>=20
> AFAIK, it is not critical (at least for USB devices).
>=20
> If it won't work without firmware try to install it from
> sys/modules/rtwnfw/rtwnrtl8192cEB (and restart the interface).

I=E2=80=99ve built and loaded it and the error is gone. But =E2=80=98list =
scan=E2=80=99 never show anything and I got this warning, not sure if =
it=E2=80=99s relevant

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
rtwn0: r92ce_post_init: warning: net80211 ratectl is used

Thanks

--
Renato Botelho




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