Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:43:13 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-current@dino.sk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: "Aleksey K." <aleksey.kashin@gmail.com>, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> Subject: Re: CFT: Realtek 8187L wireless USB driver - urtw(4) Message-ID: <200811081143.14147.freebsd-current@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <20081107101432.GB23784@freebsd.weongyo.org> References: <4913FF64.5090500@gmail.com> <20081107101432.GB23784@freebsd.weongyo.org>
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On Friday 07 November 2008 11:14:32 Weongyo Jeong wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:42:12PM +0500, Aleksey K. wrote: > > >Dear all, > > > > > >This driver supports 8187L which is one of Realtek's 8187x series and > > >I'm looking for testers who have this device. :-) With lack of H/W I > > >can't add codes for 8187/8187B devices that AFAIK they can share a lot > > >of codes and can be supported without modifying many part of codes. > > > > > >In my environment the basic features (WEP/WPA and etc ...) are worked > > >and the driver based on USB1 (not USB2) can be found at as follows: > > > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/urtw_20081107.tar.gz > > > > > >I think a current problem of urtw(4) is poor RX/TX performance about > > >8 ~ 10Mbps due to mishandling the rate controlling and I'm not sure it > > >would easy to fix it without documents but I expect the connection would > > >be stable. > > > > > >Please let me know if you encounter any problems or opinions. Always > > >patches to improve or enhance features are welcome! > > > > > >regards, > > >Weongyo Jeong > > > > Hi. I have netbook MSI Wind U90X with wi-fi module - Realtek 8187SE. > > You plan to write the driver for this card? I could help with driver > > testing... > > Maybe no due to no available H/W. I don't have laptop having Mini-PCI > express slot that AFAIK 8187SE is Mini-PCI express. > > regards, > Weongyo Jeong > There is linux driver to be found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/246141 but I did not found other informations available for 8187SE. So if there is someone who nows how to use linux driver... Regards, Milan
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