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Date:      Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:30:39 +0200
From:      Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        mattia.rossi.mailinglists@gmail.com
Cc:        Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: urtwm -> rtwm
Message-ID:  <C39A62E7-5D39-42A7-BE1C-9F6555F37A2E@cs.huji.ac.il>
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> On 2 Nov 2016, at 15:54, Mattia Rossi =
<mattia.rossi.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote:
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>=20
>>> Hi!
>>>=20
>>> rtwn_usb(4) depends on rtwn(4) module; you can try to
>>> 1) add them to the kernel config;
>>> 2) check / fix WITHOUT_MODULES and MODULES_OVERRIDE make.conf(5) =
variables
>>> 3) compile / install them manually
>>>=20
>>> P.S. There is no 'rtwm' module in the tree; what is the exact error =
message
>>> where it was?
>> the problem was that if_rtwn.ko was not compiled!
>> all the others where, i.e. if_rtwn_[pci,usb].ko.
>> I added all of them to the config, and now it seems to work
>>=20
>> so the problem is that the loadable module if_rtwn.ko is NOT compiled
>> by default, while all the others are,
>> what is the magic to have it compiled?
> =46rom my experience you always have to specify all modules and the =
modules they depend on. I for example had to specify this for zfs =
support in the config file:
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> makeoptions     MODULES_OVERRIDE=3D"zfs opensolaris acl_nfs4"
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> I actually only wanted zfs, which depends on opensolaris which then =
again depends on acl_nfs4 (probably because I sepcified nfs4 support in =
the config file)
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not from my experience, the fact that all the other rtwn- where there =
means that
somewhere there is a missing directive.

> I only found out after a few tries. It's really not ideal, that module =
dependencies are not resolved.
> But once you know about it, you can live with it :-)
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>>=20
>> BTW, I tried this on RPI2, and now will try on an orangepi one.
> Is that the SDIO based internal WiFi? Let me know if it works!
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no, this is the cheapest orange one, with one usb, so it=E2=80=99s a =
wifi dongle.
my orange pi plus, with the onboard wifi, i managed to fry :-(

cheers,
	danny

> Cheers,
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> Mat
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>>>>> On 30 Oct 2016, at 14:07, Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> =
wrote:
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>>>>> hi,
>>>>> between r30666 and r30808 i lost my wireless,
>>>> s/r30666/r306333/ and s/r30808/r308087/
>>>>=20
>>>>> so reading UPDATE clarified why, I also did a mergemaster so now =
devd et.all. seem to be in sync,
>>>>> but now devd complains that if_rtwn_usb depends on rtwm and there =
is no rtwn, instead there are
>>>>> several rtwn-rtl8=E2=80=A6., the closest being rtwn-rt18188eufw.ko
>>>>>=20
>>>>> this is what the old urtwn has to say:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Starting devd.
>>>>> wlan: <802.11 Link Layer>
>>>>> urtwn0 on uhub1
>>>>> urtwn0: <Realtek 802.11n NIC, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on =
usbus0
>>>>> urtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188EU, RF 6052 1T1R
>>>>> urtwn0: enabling 11n
>>>>> urtwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>>>>> urtwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps =
18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>>>>> urtwn0: 1T1R
>>>>> urtwn0: 11ng MCS 20MHz
>>>>> urtwn0: MCS 0-7: 6.5Mbps - 65Mbps
>>>>>=20
>>>>> please help
>>>>>=20
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> 	danny
>>>>>=20
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