Return-path: Received: from mail-qa0-f53.google.com ([209.85.216.53]:48082 "EHLO mail-qa0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757346Ab3BFUDM (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:03:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5112A972.3060109@lwfinger.net> References: <51045387.2040607@gmail.com> <5112A972.3060109@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:03:10 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20130206_210405_255470_1700A4F1) Subject: Re: bugreport upstream: 0bda:819a RTL8188CUS WLAN doesn't work out of the box From: Thomas Rosenkranz To: Larry Finger Cc: Xose Vazquez Perez , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Sorry for aksing back. 1. You mean I should get the kernel clean of the realtek driver first to prevent a crash during patching? Cause unplugging is no option for a onboard device. 2. I have no idea what to do with the patching file and couldn't find any good instructions with google. "man patch" doesn't make me smarter at all 2013/2/6 Larry Finger : > On 01/26/2013 04:07 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: >> >> Thomas Rosenkranz wrote: >> >>> 0bda:819a RTL8188CUS WLAN doesn't work out of the box in downstream >>> and upstreamkernel >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1102179 >> >> >> This should go to >> >> Try: >> # modprobe rtl8192cu >> # echo "0bda 819a" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id >> # dmesg (see output) > > > Please install the attached patch, and retry the above method. I fixed the > probe function to get rid of the oops. If the device is really foreign, the > process that writes new_id will not finish until the device is unplugged; > however, the rest of the system is chugging along. > > If 0bda:819a works with rtl8192cu, let me know, and I'll update the USB > device table. > > Larry >