Realtek RTL8188CE support?

[Adrian Chadd]

hiya,

I think we can backport the whole thing, but it comes with a lot of
other changes. I'll talk to Andriy about it; maybe we can pick a time
where we can just checkpoint the whole -head wireless stack + drivers
and backport it in one hit.


-a


On 28 November 2016 at 17:51, Chris H <bsdlists at xmail.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings, all.
> I recently set out to create a wireless gateway, out of one of my servers.
> I ran across a PCIe card that had the Realtek 8188CE chip on it, and upon
> further investigation, indicated it was a pretty capable chip indeed. So I
> looked in hopes of finding FreeBSD supported it. While not listed in
> HARDWARE.txt anywhere. I did find quite a bit of evidence that it was
> indeed supported (via rtwn(4)). So I ordered one. It just arrived, and I loaded
> in loader.conf(5):
> if_rtwn_load="YES"
>
> But further installation seems to indicate that (at least in RELENG_11) that
> the rtwn(4) driver is (only?) intended for dongles (USB), and not the PCIe
> version(s) of the RTL8188CE chipset. Is this true? If so, is the work on
> CURRENT (12), which *does* appear to support the RTL8188CE, (back)portable
> to 11? Normally, I'd find it fairly trivial to back port the changes, but I
> see what appears to be a complete re-organization to the network infrastructure
> where drivers are concerned.
> I'm not on 12, and can't make the jump yet. So here's hoping.
>
> Thank you for all your time, and consideration.
>
> --Chris
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