Hi Larry, On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:23:20AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > On 07/12/2012 10:25 AM, Forest Bond wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 08:58:16PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > >>On 07/11/2012 08:32 PM, Forest Bond wrote: > >>>On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 07:58:04PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > >>>>On 07/11/2012 07:21 PM, Forest Bond wrote: > >>>>>The rtl8192de driver is working fine for me at 5GHz, but I am having trouble > >>>>>getting scan results for 2.4GHz 802.11g networks. I have been doing a lot of > >>>>>debugging but am not making much progress. I suspect the 802.11 b/g/n phy is > >>>>>not being initialized correctly, but I'm pretty far outside my domain on this > >>>>>one. > >>>>> > >>>>>Is anyone successfully using this driver with a 2.4GHz 802.11g network? > >>>> > >>>>I have several different models - some work better than others. What > >>>>is the PCI ID for yours? > >>> > >>>This is the one I have: > >>> > >>>02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8193] > >>>02:00.1 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8193] (rev 01) > >> > >>It turns out that both kinds have the same ID. I think one of them > >>is a prototype, while the other is probably a production unit. > >>Obviously, bitrot has set in while I wasn't testing. With the kernel > >>driver, neither unit can even scan in the 2.4 GHz band. Using the > >>latest version of the vendor driver, the production version connects > >>with APs running WEP, WPA, or WPA2. The prototype can only handle > >>WEP. > >> > >>Obviously, I have some work to do. In the meantime, I will send you > >>a tarball containing the vendor driver - privately so as not to spam > >>the list. > > > >Thank you, I appreciate that. > > > >Of course, my preference would be to fix up the kernel driver. I don't mind > >doing some manual bisection with compat-wireless releases unless you think that > >would be a total waste of time. Do you have any sense for what the last working > >kernel version would have been? > > > >As you suggest, we may need to use the vendor driver in the meantime. Thanks > >again for sending it over (although I suspect it is the same version I > >downloaded from Realtek's web site). > > It started with the Realtek version, but has some important bug > fixes that I wanted you to have. Thanks, that's really helpful. > Of course, we want to fix the kernel version, but if you want to > bisect compat-wireless, that would be a big help. In the meantime, I > will try bisecting wireless-testing when I get a chance. I have begun disecting compat-wireless releases. 3.1.1-1 works, 3.2.5-1 doesn't. I'm going to try to identify the commit that broke things by applying patches to 3.1.1-1. Thanks, Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.rapidrollout.com
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