On 10.02.2017 22:44, David De Graaf wrote: > On 02/10/17 11:59, poma wrote: > >> >> These days it seems that the entire Internet is at a party at https://github.com, >> howsoever I guess you can ask the Fedora custodians for the Fedora part. >> >> Here are a few references about Realtek RTL8712 USB device support: >> - Realtek 802.11n drivers >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/rtl819x >> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x >> - "staging: refresh TODO for rtl8712" >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/commit/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO?id=586add48d >> - "Re: r92su: status and will it be merged anytime soon?" >> https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=138358275410975 >> - Jes Sorensen _at_ redhat.com talk about possible support for Realtek RTL8712 USB device by RTL8XXXu USB mac80211 Wireless LAN Driver >> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1193475.html >> "For the rtl8712 device, rtl8192su?, then potentially that could be added to >> rtl8xxxu as well, but it's not a top priority on my list right now." >> >> More on the topic you can inquire at: >> http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-wireless >> >> BTW, do you need directions on how to manage r92su.ko with the multitude of kernels? >> >> > > Wow, that's a lot of info to digest. > > Thanks to these leads, I've also discovered a new driver for my > dual antenna Rosewill USB wireless adapters, listed by lsusb as > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter > > Before F25 I had obtained an updated rtl8192cu driver via > git clone https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes.git > and built it following instructions in its README file. > > However, this driver also no longer works in Fedora 25 and by default > the unimproved rtl8192cu version in the staging area is used. > > Reading https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x > I discovered that rtl8192cu is being replaced by rtl8xxxu. > Moreover, rtl8xxxu is included with F25, but isn't used in this case, > for reasons unknown. > > Simply blacklisting rtl8192cu causes rtl8xxxu to be used instead. > The iperf3 measured bandwidth increased dramatically, from a ragged > 18. Mb/s to a solid 44. Mb/s. > > Apparently the wireless world is changing too fast even for Fedora to > keep up. > > Most of assigned drivers can also be found in this way: $ grep -i '<vendor ID>.*<product ID>' /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias that is, if the device is presented to the system with ID 0bda:8178 $ grep -i '0bda.*8178' /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias alias usb:v0BDAp8178d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* rtl8192cu alias usb:v0BDAp8178d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* rtl8xxxu _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
