Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:61372 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751472Ab1LJXWN (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:22:13 -0500 Received: by ggdk6 with SMTP id k6so42748ggd.19 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:22:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EE3E9A1.8000004@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20111211_002220_957050_6A269432) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:22:09 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Gruber CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, 651622@bugs.debian.org, Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported References: <20111210162607.1020.50335.reportbug@roland> <1323537258.18450.100.camel@deadeye> <4EE39C40.4030802@rolandgruber.de> <1323543622.25752.4.camel@deadeye> <4EE3D447.7030108@rolandgruber.de> <1323554710.25752.18.camel@deadeye> <4EE3DF19.6080106@rolandgruber.de> In-Reply-To: <4EE3DF19.6080106@rolandgruber.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/10/2011 04:37 PM, Roland Gruber wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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