Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:41:37 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter Message-ID: <201310081742.r98HfbBV055077@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:24:09 PDT." <52519CB9.8040203@mu.org>
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Hi Alfred & cc current. Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On 10/6/13 8:21 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > I wrote Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:28:43 +0200 > >> Rui Paulo wrote: > >>> On 2 Oct 2013, at 16:57, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi current@, > >>>> It seems I need if_urtwn driver for a really miniature WLAN USB stick, > >>>> & if_urtwn is only in current ? > >>>> man 4 if_urtwn refers to ports/net/urtwn-firmware-kmod which is missing ? > >>> > >>> This driver was never merged to FreeBSD 9. > >> OK, Thanks for confirmation. > >> > >> > >>> Can you use FreeBSD 10 instead? > >> Yes, easier than building from 9.X I guess (& helps test alpha :-). > >> I'll fetch from local mirror, per > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2013-September/044951.html > >> > >> > >>> The port reference in the man page is wrong. The firmware is now shipped as part of the base system. > >> Oh nice, easier :-) > > I'm happy to report with 10.0-ALPHA4 /boot/loader.conf if_urtwn_load="YES" > > `ifconfig wlan0 scan` works OK. Thanks :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Julian > > Cool! > > I have a g4 tibook 12in with an if_bwn that doesn't really work at all. > > I got one of these (if_urtwn) and it works enough to download about a > meg or so before the watchdog kicks in and I have to ifconfig down/up it > to get it to respond again. > > I even have a patch pending to add the usb identifier for this. > > Is there someone I can provide debug information for to help resolve this? I too am seeing urtwn0: timeout waiting for checksum report sometimes I can scan & sometimes not, (whereas with a run0: stick I have no problem) I've not got as far as trying to move data. I'd appreciate any patches you have Alfred Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, multipart/alternative.
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