Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:26:38 +0300 From: "Andriy Voskoboinyk" <avos@freebsd.org> To: "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 review / testing Message-ID: <op.yn1gyoq04dikkl@localhost> In-Reply-To: <op.ym4deppz4dikkl@localhost> References: <op.yjivmw1k4dikkl@localhost> <op.yjvko8zt4dikkl@localhost> <op.ym4deppz4dikkl@localhost>
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Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:29:03 +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 Andriy Voskoboinyk = <avos@freebsd.org>: Now it resides on https://github.com/s3erios/freebsd-rtwn (integrated into src tree, so it can be built with 'make buildkernel' / 'make = buildworld'). This the last stage; once all reported issues will be resolved, I'm going to merge it into HEAD. > Hi everyone, > > 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 bugfixe= s / > 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 accelerati= on > * 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.
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