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
next prev parent 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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