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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, 李朝明 <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>
Subject: Re: rtl8192ce: activation problem with rtl8188ce pci card
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:24:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5047B508.5030606@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120905201437.70c008ca@destiny.ordissimo>

On 09/05/2012 01:14 PM, Anisse Astier wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:38:24 -0500, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote :
>
>> I have two different revisions of the RTL8188CE card. The newer one, marked
>> RTL8188CE-VL, gives the following lspci output:
>>
>> 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE
>> 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
>>           Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi
>> Adapter [10ec:8176]
>>           Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
>>           I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
>>           Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>           Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
>>           Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>>           Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>>           Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>>           Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
>>           Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00
>>           Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
>>
>> It certainly does not yield the rx descriptor problem. Please send the lspci
>> output when the driver has not been loaded.
>
> The subsystem ID is different on my wireless card (8212):
>
> 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
>          Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8212]
>          Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
>          I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
>          Memory at f0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>          Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
>          Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>          Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>          Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>          Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
>          Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00
>
> This id is nowhere to be found in the rtlwifi driver. The only matches in
> Google are my previous problem report (FWLPS freeze) and windows driver
> listings.

The ID that counts is the first one. I think the second is some kind of vendor code.

My other RTL8188CE gives the following output:

0e:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 
802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi 
Adapter [10ec:8176]
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
         I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
         Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
         Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
         Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
         Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
         Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
         Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
         Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00
         Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce

Other than the MAC address, and the bus number, they have the same output.

Note, the RTL8188CE-VL does not work with wireless-next, but does with 
wireless-testing with some patches applied. I will contact the Realtek software 
team to ask questions about your card. I added my contact as a Cc here. In the 
meantime, could you try the wireless-testing tree? If your card still does not 
work, I will send you some patches to see what it takes.

Larry



  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-05 20:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-05 16:55 rtl8192ce: activation problem with rtl8188ce pci card Anisse Astier
2012-09-05 17:38 ` Larry Finger
2012-09-05 18:01   ` Anisse Astier
2012-09-05 18:14   ` Anisse Astier
2012-09-05 20:24     ` Larry Finger [this message]
2012-09-06  8:01       ` Anisse Astier
2012-09-06 14:15       ` Anisse Astier
     [not found]         ` <5048D138.1080109@lwfinger.net>
     [not found]           ` <20120906202710.30c4bc8a@destiny.ordissimo>
2012-09-06 19:04             ` Larry Finger
2012-09-07  8:44               ` Anisse Astier
2012-09-10 17:33               ` Anisse Astier

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