Return-path: Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:32856 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755282Ab1FCNnW (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:43:22 -0400 Received: by wya21 with SMTP id 21so1399464wya.19 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:43:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DE8E4F5.7010009@arif-ali.co.uk> (sfid-20110603_154332_637851_4F6D6A35) Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:43:17 +0100 From: Arif Ali MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, larry.finger@lwfinger.net Subject: Re: r8192se_pci or rtlwifi/rtl8192ce References: <4DE7D5FD.2050707@arif-ali.co.uk> <20110603130308.GB2379@nautilus.holoscopio.com> In-Reply-To: <20110603130308.GB2379@nautilus.holoscopio.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/06/11 14:03, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:27:09PM +0100, Arif Ali wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was asked to post to this list wrt the problem I have with the wireless on >> my new laptop >> >> I have just bought a Thinkpad Edge 15, which has the following card >> >> *-network >> description: Wireless interface >> product: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller >> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >> physical id: 0 >> bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0 >> logical name: wlan0 >> version: 10 >> serial: 5c:ac:4c:bc:27:1e >> width: 32 bits >> clock: 33MHz >> capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless >> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xSE >> driverversion=0019.1207.2010 firmware=63 ip=192.168.10.51 latency=0 >> multicast=yes wireless=802.11bg >> resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:d0500000-d0503fff >> >> I have then tried to re-compile the drivers from realtek, with no avail, >> having similar problems >> >> At the moment in Ubuntu 11.04, I am using r8192se_pci, which seems to be >> very flakey to say the least, where my connections from remote servers >> disconnect within 5 minutes. It was suggested to me that I use the >> compat-wireless drivers, of which I did >> >> I tried loading the rtlwifi with rtl8192ce, but that didn't work and didn't >> see my card, but then I guess that would be expected as the aliases were not >> there for my card. although the DID is mentioned in the pci.h, so I was >> wondering would this driver work with my card, or should I be looking >> elsewhere? >> >> Any input on advice on this card would be appreciated >> thanks >> >> Arif Ali >> >> -- >> Arif Ali >> > > Hello, Arif. > > I have a RTL8191SEvA card, not a vB. But I guess that should work. The > vendor and product ID are 0x10ec (Realtek) and 0x8171. It's working very > nicely with rtl8192se driver from rtlwifi from 3.0-rc1. That support > does not exist for 2.6.39 or previous versions of Linux. > > Regards, > Cascardo. OK, will try the 3.0-rc1 kernel from ubuntu, see if it will work, thanks for your reply -- Arif Ali