Realtek RTL8188CE support?

[Andriy Voskoboinyk]

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 05:20:17 +0200 було написано Adrian Chadd  
<adrian.chadd at gmail.com>:

There are already some __FreeBSD_version checks, so it is compatible with  
11.0-RELEASE;
see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205477 as an example.

P.S. No, rtwn(4) (in 11.0-RELEASE) for PCIe, urtwn(4) for USB (this was  
changed in
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/UPDATING?r1=307532&r2=307531&pathrev=307532  
)

> 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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