2012/2/27 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 02/27/2012 10:09 AM, Chris Thompson wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm attempting to get my belkin n300 to work with the kernel driver >> rtl8192cu. I >> was previously using the realtek drivers but this only resulted in slow >> speeds. >> >> I am running kernel 3.2.7 with the following information: >> >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:2103 Belkin Components >> Device Descriptor: >> bLength 18 >> bDescriptorType 1 >> bcdUSB 2.00 >> bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) >> bDeviceSubClass 0 >> bDeviceProtocol 0 >> bMaxPacketSize0 64 >> idVendor 0x050d Belkin Components >> idProduct 0x2103 >> bcdDevice 2.00 >> iManufacturer 1 Realtek >> iProduct 2 Belkin Wireless Adapter >> iSerial 3 00e04c000001 >> >> modinfo rtl8192cu returns this: >> filename: >> >> /lib/modules/3.2.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko >> firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin >> description: Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n USB wireless >> license: GPL >> author: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> author: Ziv Huang<ziv_huang@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> author: Georgia<georgia@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> alias: usb:v7392p7822d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2019pAB2Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2001p330Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2001p3309d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2001p3307d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v07B8p8178d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v07AAp0056d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0586p341Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v9846p9041d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v4855p0091d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v4855p0090d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v13D3p3359d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v13D3p3358d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v7392p7811d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v20F4p648Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2019pED17d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2019pAB2Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v2001p3308d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v13D3p3357d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v103Cp1629d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0EB0p9071d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0DF6p0052d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0846p9041d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v07B8p8189d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v07B8p8188d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v06F8pE033d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v050Dp1102d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Cd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8177d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8754d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Ed*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp817Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8177d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8176d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8170d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> alias: usb:v0BDAp8191d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* >> depends: rtlwifi,mac80211,rtl8192c-common >> intree: Y >> vermagic: 3.2.7 SMP preempt mod_unload 586 >> parm: swenc:Set to 1 for software crypto (default 0) >> (bool) >> parm: debug:Set debug level (0-5) (default 0) (int) >> >> >> ls -l /lib/firmware/rtlwifi: >> total 16 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16014 Feb 22 15:54 rtl8192cufw.bin >> >> I have also ran md5checksum on the firmware file, it came back fine. >> >> When I run modprobe rtl8192cu, this is what dmesg reports: >> >> [ 1378.073848] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu >> >> Nothing else. This is what lsmod returns: >> >> Module Size Used by >> rtl8192cu 86266 0 >> rtl8192c_common 53218 1 rtl8192cu >> rtlwifi 81918 1 rtl8192cu >> mac80211 165677 3 rtl8192cu,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi >> cfg80211 141272 2 rtlwifi,mac80211 >> >> >> >> What should I try next to get this module working? I hope I have given >> enough >> information on trying to troubleshoot this. > > > Your device is in the current tables with the insertion patch date October > 2011. Unfortunately, I failed to Cc it to Stable, thus the patch was not > backported to 3.2.7. > > You could either choose to get a recent version of compat-wireless, or you > can > > echo "050d 2103" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id > > (as root). That should bring the device to life. Is that only about device table? You can always ask Greg to cherry-pick :) -- Rafał -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html