Re: Is the ASUS USB-AC53 WLAN adapter supported?

From: Robert Clausecker <fuz_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:11:03 UTC
Hi Bjoern,


Am Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 09:38:35PM +0000 schrieb Bjoern A. Zeeb:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2024, Robert Clausecker wrote:
> > Am Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 07:53:09AM +0200 schrieb Oleksandr Kryvulia:
> > > 27.11.24 22:50, Robert Clausecker:
> > > > I have just purchased an ASUS USB-AC53 USB WLAN adapter.
> > > > 
> > > > This adapter identifies itself as follows:
> > > > 
> > > > ugen0.2: <Realtek 802.11ac NIC> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
> 
> The short answer is: no, not yet.
> 
> I have a tree with initial rtw88 USB and SDIO work in progress but the
> LinuxKPI USB was done a decade++ ago and is out of date but also fully
> entangled with the native USB.
> 
> Now we need to add more fields and things are conflicting;  I started
> using a rather bad hack for the "LinuxKPI placeholder" in the main stack
> so far but not upstreamed it given there is more work to do.
> 
> If someone is interested to keep working on it I'll put a branch up
> somewhere.

Thank you for your response.  While it would be great if that worked, I don't
know enough about these kernel subsystems to add the mising bits and pieces
myself.  I'll try a different adapter in the meanwhile.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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