Return-path: Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:37303 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751831Ab1LRRQN (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:16:13 -0500 Received: by iaeh11 with SMTP id h11so7230218iae.19 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:16:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EEE1FD9.3060206@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20111218_181632_918499_41999B58) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:16:09 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Raffaele Recalcati CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wl0084a / wl1271 understanding References: <4EECBDDC.5070908@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/17/2011 10:56 PM, Raffaele Recalcati wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Larry Finger wrote: >> On 12/16/2011 10:54 PM, Raffaele Recalcati wrote: >>> >>> I'm an embedded developer and I really want opensource development for >>> wireless, to be sure to maintain it in many kernel versions I will >>> have. >>> I'm not an wifi expert and so I can have done some mistakes here below. >>> >>> wl0084a >>> ============= >>> grep -rin wl008 drivers >>> give no result on kernel 3.2-rc6. >>> What is the normal approach to take in account? >>> I have to immediately change the usb wifi dongle due to the lacking of >>> information to develop e proper driver or maybe >>> there is some possibility? >>> Here I can find Logilink drivers >>> http://www.logilink.eu/content/support/download.htm?seticlanguage=en >>> They confirm support for LINUX (kernel 2.6.18 ~ 2.6.33) >>> Looking into drivers files ... yes , they are proprietary. >> >> >> Some of the Logilink devices have Realtek chips. If this is a USB device, >> please post the output of 'lsusb'. If it is PCI, post the output of 'lspci >> -nnv' - we only need the part that describes the wireless device. >> >> Larry >> > > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. If that device is Rev 1, it uses driver r8192e_pci. If it is Rev 10, then it uses rtl8192ce. Both drivers are in the kernel since 2.6.38, and should just work if your kernel is new enough. Larry