Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:43:51 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@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 review / testing Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonwJ54tzF68g4mEoke6h6p53ZJnrQMjQaxzB4aQpBJoTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.yn1gyoq04dikkl@localhost> References: <op.yjivmw1k4dikkl@localhost> <op.yjvko8zt4dikkl@localhost> <op.ym4deppz4dikkl@localhost> <op.yn1gyoq04dikkl@localhost>
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hi, I'll try it out tonight! Is the rtwn repo still "ok" to try as a standalone thing? The usbdevs patch is fine standalone - would you like to just commit this in advance? -adrian On 19 September 2016 at 06:26, Andriy Voskoboinyk <avos@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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 bugfixes = / >> 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 acceleration >> * 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. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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