Return-path: Received: from mx02a.posteo.de ([89.146.194.168]:36021 "EHLO mx02a.posteo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757258Ab3KZQr7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:47:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:47:48 +0100 From: p2p@posteo.de To: Christian Lamparter Cc: Linux wireless Subject: Re: RTL8188S In-Reply-To: <2035998.63y5xTAJxx@blech> References: <2035998.63y5xTAJxx@blech> Message-ID: <67b4a51871c98531c68306862402baf4@posteo.de> (sfid-20131126_174804_325981_DD14C377) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dear Mr. Lamparter, Am 25.11.2013 22:57 schrieb Christian Lamparter: > On Monday, November 25, 2013 06:57:32 PM p2p@posteo.de wrote: >> I have a WLAN dongle with Realtek RTL8188S chip. >> I don't want to use r8712u driver with wext interface >> because I want to establish a wifi direct p2p connection. > > AFICT, you should be able to connect to a p2p-go peer > even if your device (in this case rtl8188s) only supports > station mode... > How do I do this? >> Unfortunately the original Realtek driver from hp didn't >> work with p2p too. > Why, what happens in this case? > I have downloaded the driver from: http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8188SU Installed and loaded the module 8712u. "iw list" doesn't list p2p-client or p2p-go. wpa_cli command p2p_find results in FAIL. wpa_supplicant ouput: CTRL_IFACE monitor attached - hexdump(len=21): 2f 74 6d 70 2f 77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c 5f 32 34 39 37 2d 32 00 1385328422.214780: RX ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=8): 50 32 50 5f 46 49 4e 44 P2P_FIND 1385328422.214893: wlan0: Control interface command 'P2P_FIND' -> but nothing more... >> I thought RTL8192cu will work, but Larry F. told me it doesn't. > OK? (care to explain?) > >> He said there is a new driver in development. > Sort of. There's r92su, however this driver only supports what the > firmware is able to do (station, ad-hoc and a limited monitor mode). > >> I'm searching for information. Please can someone tell me about >> the project, its status, and if someone can take part. > Hey that's good to hear. The future of "r92su" was discussed in [0], > [1], ... The good news is: > I followed the thread. It shows me that it makes no sense. I am a beginner and I only can spent time for it if someone tells me for example: fill this module with code for this specific function. I have good literature and I think I can try to help but not lead something. Best regards p2p