svn commit: r251538 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/usb sys/dev/usb/wlan sys/modules/usb sys/modules/usb/urtwn

[Kevin Lo]

Hiren Panchasara wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: rpaulo
>> Date: Sat Jun  8 16:02:31 2013
>> New Revision: 251538
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/251538
>>
>> Log:
>>    Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the
>>    Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards.
>>    This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports:
>>    net/urtwn-firmware-kmod.
>>
>>    Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port
>>    for the firmware.
>>
>>    TODO:
>>    - 802.11n support
>>    - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble
>>    coping with simultaneous iperf sessions.
>>    - fix debugging
>>
>>    MFC after:    2 months
>>    Tested by:    kevlo, hiren, gjb
> Yay!
>
> Great work Kevin for initial port and Rui for tuning it up to stable
> state and fixing performance issues.

A big thanks to Rui for fixing the rx performance and mbuf leak!!!

>
> cheers,
> Hiren
>
> PS: Time for creating new image with the changes for beaglebone!

     Kevin