kern/168860: [CHANGE REQUEST] Port the OpenBSD urtwn wireless driver (RealTek 8188CE)

[John Merryweather Cooper]

The following reply was made to PR kern/168860; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Merryweather Cooper <j.m.cooper at borgsdemons.com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/168860: [CHANGE REQUEST] Port the OpenBSD urtwn wireless
 driver (RealTek 8188CE)
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:27:42 -0500

 On 06/08/12 10:30, FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org wrote:
 > Thank you very much for your problem report.
 > It has the internal identification `kern/168860'.
 > The individual assigned to look at your
 > report is: freebsd-bugs.
 >
 > You can access the state of your problem report at any time
 > via this link:
 >
 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=168860
 >
 >> Category:       kern
 >> Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >> Synopsis:       [CHANGE REQUEST] Port the OpenBSD urtwn wireless driver (RealTek 8188CE)
 >> Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 08 15:30:17 UTC 2012
 It looks like, looking at the OpenBSD source, that the code for the 
 8188CE is mostly in if_urtwn.c.  It looks to be effectively recognition 
 of the chipset is what is needed, the urtw driver for the 8187 chips 
 appears to have the guts of what is needed.
 
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 John M. Cooper