From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF91CC4361B for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2020 22:00:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C11532310E for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2020 22:00:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726024AbgLEV7u (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Dec 2020 16:59:50 -0500 Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca ([64.59.136.139]:35370 "EHLO smtp-out-so.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725601AbgLEV7u (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Dec 2020 16:59:50 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 420 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:59:50 EST Received: from gw.sieb.net ([70.70.44.174]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id lfT2kAlcoktFklfT3kDPmO; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:51:50 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=NYRYa0P4 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5fcc00f6 a=Q8z69UlXDO7VcdJOWsrNQg==:117 a=Q8z69UlXDO7VcdJOWsrNQg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=zTNgK-yGK50A:10 a=wGystFlnAAAA:20 a=lG7TRaMCAAAA:20 a=PuvzptouIovCSvZbVdsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=yaDoWP3BefgA:10 a=e6k74qS2CMYA:10 a=VlZU0XKO32wA:10 Received: from worklap.sieb.net (worklap.sieb.net [10.0.7.2]) by gw.sieb.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A23E49024E5 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2020 13:51:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: wifi dongle connected to USB/pci card, seen in hardware, but no wl* device created; udev, driver, &/or config? To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <95c76758-485b-aad4-62d2-95ce24f1108c@gmail.com> From: Samuel Sieb Message-ID: <79883ce0-9313-10b4-214a-27be35888bee@sieb.net> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 13:51:48 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <95c76758-485b-aad4-62d2-95ce24f1108c@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfP5tQ8i0ZeBiLjYKFlUzXjkxav3vs21i5hP4XEox5KYoBMdInkEfqgx98raddj43mrqIMXbmYkO+ynyxNGAY0I8goZz+l0gRD/fXbf5M2wRUeucf96sw 6DnMI4hO7B3wBvmudi1/zBFRAdcmLs/qygoYyTxb7vsSzvccG7FP9IH6b/wVv0Q1ojmBH3JjUy7Ncg== Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 12/5/20 1:25 PM, PGNet Dev wrote: >     lsusb | grep 008 >         Bus 008 Device 003: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey] That chipset doesn't have a kernel driver. There are a couple of available options: https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver > existing default udev rules aren't creating a wlan device; I'd expected > that they would ... The device can only be created if there's a driver to create it.