Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:48087 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753210Ab1F3PqJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:46:09 -0400 Received: by ywe9 with SMTP id 9so924653ywe.19 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0C9A3D.8070405@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20110630_174614_053577_AB8D0688) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:46:05 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Beggy CC: chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn, wireless Subject: Re: rtl8192se from recent git pull References: <20110630.015016.392442825.chrisb@kippona.net> <4E0C6D52.7010207@lwfinger.net> <20110630.100849.491680599.chrisb@kippona.net> In-Reply-To: <20110630.100849.491680599.chrisb@kippona.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/30/2011 09:08 AM, Chris Beggy wrote: > On 30 Jun 2011, Larry Finger wrote: >> >> I added the linux-wireless mailing list and the other module author >> (Chaoming Li) to this reply. > > >> If the firmware file does exist on your system, then check the md5sum >> for that file. It should be bccf9bf2276621770f101a60736b4004. > > Thanks for looking over my submission. > > The file rtl8192sefw.bin exists in /lib/firmware/rtlwifi and the > md5sum is correct. > >> Finally, what is the PCI ID for your card as shown by the 'lspci -nn' >> command? That info is missing from your posting. > > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., > Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8171] (rev 10) Please use "reply all" to respond, and do not drop the linux-wireless ML. Unless you want to make a deposit to my Paypal account, I do not do private debugging. On my system running the mainline git kernel (git describe is v3.0-rc5-124-g60451cb), I get the following for 'lspci -nnv' run as root: 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8171] (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8171] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 88-55-22-fe-ff-4c-e0-00 Kernel driver in use: rtl8192se 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8192] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) !!! Unknown header type 7f Kernel driver in use: rtl8192se For 'iwconfig wlan0', I get wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"lwfdjf-n" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: C0:3F:0E:BE:2B:44 Bit Rate=135 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-40 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 The device is generating some warnings in the logs that I need to explore; however, it is working. I have no idea why your device is failing. Perhaps Chaoming will have some ideas when he reads this. Larry