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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Chris Thompson <bradhex@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems with Realtek USB rtl8192cu
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:37:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F4BB163.20107@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120227T170610-925@post.gmane.org>

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@lwfinger.net>
> author:         Ziv Huang<ziv_huang@realtek.com>
> author:         Georgia<georgia@realtek.com>
>
> 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.

Larry

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-27 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-27 16:09 Problems with Realtek USB rtl8192cu Chris Thompson
2012-02-27 16:37 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2012-02-27 17:28   ` Rafał Miłecki

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