Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:45118 "EHLO mail-ee0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753869Ab2IESOs (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:14:48 -0400 Received: by eekc1 with SMTP id c1so356925eek.19 for ; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 20:14:37 +0200 From: Anisse Astier To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rtl8192ce: activation problem with rtl8188ce pci card Message-ID: <20120905201437.70c008ca@destiny.ordissimo> (sfid-20120905_201537_078255_8441662C) In-Reply-To: <50478E10.6030808@lwfinger.net> References: <20120905185510.2ab501cd@destiny.ordissimo> <50478E10.6030808@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:38:24 -0500, Larry Finger wrote : > I have two different revisions of the RTL8188CE card. The newer one, marked > RTL8188CE-VL, gives the following lspci output: > > 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE > 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01) > Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi > Adapter [10ec:8176] > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 > I/O ports at 4000 [size=256] > Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 > Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ > Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting > Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel > Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00 > Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce > > It certainly does not yield the rx descriptor problem. Please send the lspci > output when the driver has not been loaded. The subsystem ID is different on my wireless card (8212): 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8212] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3 I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] Memory at f0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00 This id is nowhere to be found in the rtlwifi driver. The only matches in Google are my previous problem report (FWLPS freeze) and windows driver listings. Anisse