Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:56812 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751041Ab0KKJDZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:03:25 -0500 Received: by iwn10 with SMTP id 10so1908882iwn.19 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:03:25 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4CDAB99D.7030100@lwfinger.net> References: <0022152d6729673f6a0494b1f2e6@google.com> <4CDAB99D.7030100@lwfinger.net> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:03:24 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question about Edimax 7811Un From: "miloofr@gmail.com" To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The device as shown in lsusb is: 0x7392:0x7811 The vendor id seems to be different as those recognized by the r8712u driver. How could I try the driver to confirm that the 7811 device works with this driver? Eric 2010/11/10 Larry Finger : > On 11/10/2010 06:25 AM, miloofr@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi, >> I would want to know what is the current state of the 8191su wireless >> driver. I have a wifi USB stick from EDIMAX, the 7811Un model, which is >> supposed to have a 8192su chip inside. >> It is not recognized neither from latest Ubuntu 10.10 nor openSUSE >> 11.3 . However I have been able to make it work by compiling the >> drivers proposed on the EDIMAX website, but this is only available for >> 32 bits systems/kernels. >> I saw that there were some discussion 2 months ago about this port >> from 32 to 64 bits, what is the current state today? > > What are the USB IDs for this device as shown by lsusb? > > If the numbers are 0x7392:0x7611, 0x7392:0x7612, or 0x7392:0x7622, the device is > supported by the r8712u driver in staging and is present in mainline kernel > 2.6.37-rc1. I can assure you that the driver works for both 32- and 64-bit systems. > > Larry > >