Hello, Le Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:14:10 -0500, Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > On 11/22/2017 04:51 AM, Mylene JOSSERAND wrote: > > Hello Jes Sorensen, > > > > I am currently testing a LM811 Wifi/BT USB dongle [1] on a Sinlinx > > SinA33 Allwinner SoC board [2]. I saw that I should use the realtek > > driver RTL8723BU for this USB dongle. > > > > Currently, I am only testing the Wifi and the mainline driver > > (kernel 4.14-rc7) does not seem to work. At least, the scanning > > does not output anything. > > > > I tested the driver recommended by LM Technologies [3] and it works > > fine (scan, connect and ping are ok). Before investigating on the > > differences between these two drivers, do you have any idea about > > this issue? > > > > Here are the commands and output I got with mainline's driver: > > I have not looked at the driver these LM Technologies people are > referring to, but I am guessing it's the vendor code. Yes, it is. > > 8723bu is a little dicey because it has BT in the chip and if you > enable that the two drivers need to interact, which rtl8xxxu > currently doesn't know about. Check your dmesg output to make sure > you don't have some BT thing loaded hijacking the chip. Okay, I was also testing the BT so maybe, it was the case. I will have a try without any BT drivers. Anyway, thank you for your help! Best regards, -- Mylène Josserand, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com
