2011-12-10 22:37:25

by Roland Gruber

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

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Hi,

I have some problem to get a Sitecom USB WLAN stick to run.
Ben tried to help me but we did not get it to work. So he pointed me to you. :)

It is the Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001.

Vendor 0df6
Product 005d
Chipset Realtek RTL8191S

Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.016012] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151122] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0df6, idProduct=005d
Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151126] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151129] usb 2-3: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151130] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151132] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001

We tried to use the kernel module rtl8192cu by adding the IDs with "echo 0df6 005d > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id".
But this led to a kernel oops.

Is there any way to setup the rtl8192cu kernel module so that it accepts the WLAN stick?
We also tried the module r8192u_usb but it complains about firmware loading problems when connecting the stick.


Thanks in advance for your help. Please let me know if you need more information.


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Best regards

Roland
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2011-12-10 23:22:13

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

On 12/10/2011 04:37 PM, Roland Gruber wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have some problem to get a Sitecom USB WLAN stick to run.
> Ben tried to help me but we did not get it to work. So he pointed me to you. :)
>
> It is the Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001.
>
> Vendor 0df6
> Product 005d
> Chipset Realtek RTL8191S
>
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.016012] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151122] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0df6, idProduct=005d
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151126] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151129] usb 2-3: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151130] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
> Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151132] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
>
> We tried to use the kernel module rtl8192cu by adding the IDs with "echo 0df6 005d> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id".
> But this led to a kernel oops.
>
> Is there any way to setup the rtl8192cu kernel module so that it accepts the WLAN stick?
> We also tried the module r8192u_usb but it complains about firmware loading problems when connecting the stick.

If rtl8192cu generates an oops when you use the new_id, then it is the wrong
driver for your device.

The driver for the RTL8188SU is r8712u. Try

modprobe -rv r8712u
echo 0df6 005d > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id

If that works, I can add that device ID to the driver.

Larry



2011-12-11 10:17:07

by Roland Gruber

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

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Hi Larry,

Am 11.12.2011 00:22, schrieb Larry Finger:
> The driver for the RTL8188SU is r8712u. Try
>
> modprobe -rv r8712u
> echo 0df6 005d > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id

wow, this works. Thank you very much for your fast help. :)
This mail is sent via the WLAN stick. ;-)


> If that works, I can add that device ID to the driver.

This would be cool.

Thanks again.


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Best regards

Roland
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2011-12-11 12:04:43

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

On 12/11/2011 04:16 AM, Roland Gruber wrote:
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> Hi Larry,
>
> Am 11.12.2011 00:22, schrieb Larry Finger:
>> The driver for the RTL8188SU is r8712u. Try
>>
>> modprobe -rv r8712u
>> echo 0df6 005d> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id
>
> wow, this works. Thank you very much for your fast help. :)
> This mail is sent via the WLAN stick. ;-)

OK, your chip is an RTL8191SU.
>
>
>> If that works, I can add that device ID to the driver.
>
> This would be cool.
>

Patch sent to staging tree via GregKH with notation to add to stable.
Eventually, this change will part of an updated kernel - in your case, 3.1.6.
How long that takes will depend on how long it takes Debian to pick up these
changes.

Thanks for testing,

Larry

2011-12-10 23:51:26

by Ben Hutchings

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 17:22 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 12/10/2011 04:37 PM, Roland Gruber wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some problem to get a Sitecom USB WLAN stick to run.
> > Ben tried to help me but we did not get it to work. So he pointed me to you. :)
> >
> > It is the Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001.
> >
> > Vendor 0df6
> > Product 005d
> > Chipset Realtek RTL8191S
> >
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.016012] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151122] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0df6, idProduct=005d
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151126] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151129] usb 2-3: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151130] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151132] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
> >
> > We tried to use the kernel module rtl8192cu by adding the IDs with "echo 0df6 005d> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id".
> > But this led to a kernel oops.
> >
> > Is there any way to setup the rtl8192cu kernel module so that it accepts the WLAN stick?
> > We also tried the module r8192u_usb but it complains about firmware loading problems when connecting the stick.
>
> If rtl8192cu generates an oops when you use the new_id, then it is the wrong
> driver for your device.

Isn't this really just because using new_id results in
driver_info = NULL?

Ben.

> The driver for the RTL8188SU is r8712u. Try
>
> modprobe -rv r8712u
> echo 0df6 005d > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id
>
> If that works, I can add that device ID to the driver.

--
Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.


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2011-12-11 00:35:22

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported

On 12/10/2011 05:51 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 17:22 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
>> If rtl8192cu generates an oops when you use the new_id, then it is the wrong
>> driver for your device.
>
> Isn't this really just because using new_id results in
> driver_info = NULL?

I'm not sure, but I think new_id worked in the past for this driver.

Let's see if r8712u works. On Sunday night, I'll send the USB ID to the Realtek
people in Taiwan. From experience, I know I won't get a response on the weekend.

Larry