Driver for RTL8192su chipset

[jd1008]

On 10/30/2014 06:39 PM, poma wrote:
> On 30.10.2014 22:44, jd1008 wrote:
>> On 10/26/2014 09:53 PM, poma wrote:
>>
>>> Subscribe,
>>> http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-wireless
>>> and Larry_dot_Finger_at_lwfinger_dot_net is your pal.
>>>
>>> When supported it shows like:
>>>
>>> $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
>>> linux-firmware-20141013-41.git0e5f6377.fc20.noarch
>>>
>>> $ dmesg
>>> usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
>>> usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8171
>>> usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>>> usb 2-3: Product: RTL8188S WLAN Adapter
>>> usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
>>> usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
>>> r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
>>> r8712u: Staging version
>>> r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
>>> usb 2-3: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
>>> usb 2-3: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
>>> usb 2-3: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
>>> usb 2-3: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 00:01:02:03:04:05
>>> usb 2-3: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
>>> usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
>>> r8712u 2-3:1.0 wlp0s4f1u3: renamed from wlan0
>>>
>>> $ iwconfig wlp0s4f1u3
>>> wlp0s4f1u3  unassociated  Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
>>>             Mode:Auto  Access Point: Not-Associated   Sensitivity:0/0
>>>             Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>>             Power Management:off
>>>             Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>>>             Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>>             Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>>
>>>
>>> poma
>>>
>> Well, I decided to download and build
>> https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su/archive/master.zip
>> and loaded the driver.
>>
>> It did not detect the presence of my wifi, as shown by iwconfig.
>> iwconfig only shows my built-in  intel wireless card.
>>
>> dmesg shows:
>>
>> [15749.044546] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192su <<<
>> Driver loaded
>> then I plugged in the usb wifi dongle:
>> [15780.770063] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
>> [15780.886492] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=07d1, idProduct=3304
>> [15780.886499] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
>> SerialNumber=3
>> [15780.886503] usb 2-2: Product: 11n Adapter
>> [15780.886506] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
>> [15780.886509] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
>>
>>
>> $ iwconfig
>> virbr0    no wireless extensions.
>>
>> wlp12s0   IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"Busters Free Wifi"
>>             Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point:
>> f8:07:37:49:77:20
>>             Bit Rate=14.4 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
>>             Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>             Encryption key:off
>>             Power Management:off
>>             Link Quality=57/70  Signal level=-53 dBm
>>             Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>             Tx excessive retries:717  Invalid misc:5741   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>> em1       no wireless extensions.
>>
>
> What are the actual steps you did for testing "D-Link FR-300USB 802.11bgn" & "rtl8192su.ko"?
> Particular firmware you engage?
>
>
Particular steps?
They are outlined in the link I provided:

https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su/archive/master.zip

where it states:


    Building the driver

just use the Makefile:

|make|

and then

|make load|

to load the module.
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Of course, to run
make load
I su'ed to root.

After that, I plugged the dongle in, and kernel
recognized it's insertion, but driver remains
oblivious of it.