From nobody Tue Oct 10 08:00:05 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4S4SxN5hVwz4wLft for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from garyj@gmx.de) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.20]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "Telekom Security ServerID OV Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4S4SxN1dP0z4vmg for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from garyj@gmx.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.de; s=s31663417; t=1696924805; x=1697529605; i=garyj@gmx.de; bh=qxg+mg0Eqhq4Jq2cJGFL3ZyYGoy0vJ4FABe3p8jrfcA=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To; b=dljCIBis5c9TAgCcedEVLHIS0ui4d0llf/PjOSTm7wKt6tb8prR3hZJC9wnOvWRfa3vxOwzZ+DF G089s/TURTZfrEDGGRLfVTnCGhVIwoCNoszFnArQuVKjizPnus2fmARXPIz9oFWbVFD59HrtJtbJ+ FfhlnKgfrPnxhDbZBlVs6xa0HE67uXhYcVJBejwdovmgIvLj6o8hbrleND281nD4tsufF3yX6lnT5 qqlox+DHOWgx2QKYWixyxgJqWeGiVBSg66BFYifE2GE7qYgq/3XEqn3JgfmzDoa+II6T18alzqE/a eMZFAJiNf4Op85p/4PysFAexwGeP080b6wwQ== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Received: from ernst.home ([217.226.57.134]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx104 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MmlTC-1rG8kl3Ita-00jrdQ; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:00:05 +0200 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:05 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: driver support for USB WiFi RTL8188GU Message-ID: <20231010100005.6735e50f@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: garyj@gmx.de X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd14.0) List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:UjfJT8x+iQq6z+s7A5fneczdcHHKgRr/oDJtRnpf10Wl5WzpiKv iYRQqk2E7mJqz3K+d8RWZlUAtfPlGkr3HMeR6Vg6jw+bsfJMt7Ip+1sM9q3dvGJy6k4QxVa YDL6f8Oa4rBBK2xQYoJ7Dq/mGTG2p7v2XhTxTrspEh72nr6CBTGA7rpsLhk8Ql+GmEvMQO3 YwxUjTxyQOjFwWpyxKQCA== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:0qEbmSyOlT8=;yOCOU7MAD8tLv1NV0XWc4yOkqty /6nakzTCvW04YqbJwZaWvPmHbxNALL0xAOl51nAfkohVdOZoj9fEEllCw1QvQ0xSa/9eevpc3 RAIfPos3cpnS2pFEhU79SAM6RPUMJ9mNjM4xSiKKkcf5Bg4Ybp1f8g9i4YdMOTcVxMhh7uN0y 85LfpgcchzrxRgN0wi17sBrFo823t+zeveRo7Mn/6Xr+fo5E/4xe4iSnYH1eRvR4WfyD7ULa8 vhI8m1JIn6Z9284/XbiG5n1J6sIekPnKa3TwIvtXgYNcs7QAvA56S3Y0Dtx5F/x14uCWBFqmu iss9qVLngbT6gvvAHx8dbR56Fe4BlrVPxu7gsVHj63lzvDO2A1T/5+6EDtyVAi7j/c/7V6Zyq 1mMVOpGrDkCELZ7tfWioPLeplMzWgPN7GBuyhGflxLrxMnbTw7HsxxTXEP6uJosgFa8sUKCHr bIgWJRYcff+IK/82P6BqgJaQjDPki22SlTslJgUwhj31GeXumIVqH5aAu2oR+/NjrQ+6fkX2F Ux23utqKtlb9CWw/1hVH6gSlkKjqoUXrDbl8upRQ68xaonjy/Ki5zBwgSrw84NnC3WjeLmOJR YvdLX26njdmLpNUk3ukq4CUHvfES98oxdaUUa1yeufllyAXNyxYl1m/qnFEXZygq55UsupNrh 26gpPCfVpAvhexfwDSLNfhprjVFNMrZ+lZojG/UZeHeGqjXhvD4VgrJmsr4dQQ7f2gwPdXjyk BM8FQoVb4zZmtqX6VhMzg10LUdV9DvXslgeefuSWwTtRuKxVN1ZJg8kx2d/jtXGQFFzlkXKLw H9vtIxEF3bEtjrObx7Fvdev90aJIVO6vo0ZjfiAJgb2wM2INDu7z15Ti1H358FGdm6jMQO/50 NdNixmr3tSTRnp7A48mSQSZOhXukvZ7kXh+YLLcsbRG1l9GZLGZhaRBK/K/g3o5MbAHBbT8pw PlJ0gzmom5uGxD90/Yn3HXCAW+0= X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4S4SxN1dP0z4vmg On Mon, 9 Oct 2023 19:31:18 +0200 Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote: > Hi, > I accidentally bought the wrong USB WiFi Realtek RTL8188GU. I thought it > would have support in rtwn or rsu, since both drivers mention the number > 8188, but I didn't notice that my purchased WiFi dongle has different > letters at the end. > Is it possible that the RTL8188GU would work with one of those drivers > after some addition of identification, or is it a completely different > chip and not possible to get it to work in FreeBSD? > > Identification of the USB WiFI dongle: > > # usbconfig -d ugen1.4 dump_device_desc > ugen1.4: at usbus1, cfg=3D0 md=3DHOST spd=3DHIGH (480Mbps= ) > pwr=3DON (500mA) > > bLength =3D 0x0012 > bDescriptorType =3D 0x0001 > bcdUSB =3D 0x0200 > bDeviceClass =3D 0x0000 > bDeviceSubClass =3D 0x0000 > bDeviceProtocol =3D 0x0000 > bMaxPacketSize0 =3D 0x0040 > idVendor =3D 0x0bda > idProduct =3D 0x1a2b > bcdDevice =3D 0x0200 > iManufacturer =3D 0x0001 > iProduct =3D 0x0002 > iSerialNumber =3D 0x0000 > bNumConfigurations =3D 0x0001 > > > I tried it with loaded modules on FreeBSD 13.2: > > 40 1 0xffffffff8506f000 a7c0 if_rsu.ko > 41 1 0xffffffff8507a000 1feb0 rsu-rtl8712fw.ko > 42 2 0xffffffff8509a000 19130 rtwn.ko > 43 1 0xffffffff850b4000 e000 if_rtwn_usb.ko > 44 1 0xffffffff850c2000 4ca8 rtwn-rtl8188eefw.ko > 45 1 0xffffffff850c7000 5728 rtwn-rtl8188eufw.ko > 46 1 0xffffffff850cd000 60a8 rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B.ko > 47 1 0xffffffff850d4000 5ac0 rtwn-rtl8192cfwE.ko > 48 1 0xffffffff850da000 5fd8 rtwn-rtl8192cfwT.ko > 49 1 0xffffffff850e0000 5fd8 rtwn-rtl8192cfwU.ko > 50 1 0xffffffff850e6000 9d28 rtwn-rtl8192eufw.ko > 51 1 0xffffffff850f0000 9e18 rtwn-rtl8812aufw.ko > 52 1 0xffffffff850fa000 8d78 rtwn-rtl8821aufw.ko > > But it was not recognized. > In current (FreeBSD-15) it's in usbdevs as: product REALTEK RTW8821CU_CD 0x1a2b RTW8821CU_CD You could try adding that to /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs and then re-buil= d your kernel and modules and test whether it's recognized. =2D- Gary Jennejohn