Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:56:31 +0800 From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter Message-ID: <52B2524F.8000201@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20131218154820.GA20655@FreeBSD.org> References: <201310061521.r96FLmxw077281@fire.js.berklix.net> <52519CB9.8040203@mu.org> <20131218154820.GA20655@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2013/12/18 23:48, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:24:09AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> 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. > Same here; someone at $work bought couple of these teeny dongles. I've > applied small id patch (attached), and tried to use it (it reportedly > works flawlessly under Linux using this [*] driver). I could load the > module, but MAC address was clearly bogus (00:00:30:34:43:30); yet I've > created wlan0 just to find out that there is no list scan results, and > wpa_supplicant(8) gives me this in an endless loop (GENERIC kernel, so > I presume all wlan-related stuff should be in place): > > Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant > ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=103, val=0, arg_len=128]: Device not configured > wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan > > This is on relatively fresh 11-CURRENT as of Oct 18th, i386. Any clues? > It would be nice to get more of these little guys to work, esp. there is > working Linux driver available for reference. Your usb wlan dongles use RTL8188EU chip which is currently not supported by any of drivers. > > ./danfe > > [*] https://github.com/liwei/rpi-rtl8188eu Kevin
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