Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
2009/5/27, Martynas Venckus marty...@altroot.org: From owner-misc+m85945=martynas=altroot@openbsd.org Wed May 27 15:35:42 2009 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RA6cQajsF2p3OE8CRfq2htuu0VNFsPsNnjBm5yZrWlU=; b=Jo1v5KC2mrwmcwnk1Mcw6mBBFuWF6Xc3eUdvnA+q4NWlyuqgjOPS+CQIPuvwppkoro nGIBf3++IgFyhHbQ1bYQp6CHrUxFn52n9zRE//Hars43Q+SzlOMzQQN8tzTSX31ttj0A acE1t2G809VL7gYzFRrteE7CiB06VkTDDIbKY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Qs1f494Ddrz3q3yaPHwgRvLdOAmj6WYGAtLvFaC9tnl4aPBCg5FaxCLhMYFgpZd4JD 2RGpc4m8fJttEn8kBAE7mLkjjx/0CKMLvbKkyLW60FmGnxzma3dmPHSUdS+CdNOzmOuW D17rS6/v0zQE9wAOxtuvJ1MZQQmQ7p23VQa8E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com To: misc@openbsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: misc@openbsd.org Precedence: list Sender: owner-m...@openbsd.org Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? I just installed -current from a snapshot. The realtek driver works with my chip. WPA works as well. Here's usbdevs -v as requested $ usbdevs -v Controller /dev/usb0: addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 addr 2: high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, RTL8187B(0x8197), Realtek(0x 0bda), rev 2.00, iSerialNumber 00e04c01 port 3 powered port 4 powered Controller /dev/usb1: addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered port 3 powered port 4 powered port 5 powered port 6 powered Controller /dev/usb2: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb3: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb4: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb5: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x), Intel(0x8086) , rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
From owner-misc+m85945=martynas=altroot@openbsd.org Wed May 27 15:35:42 2009 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RA6cQajsF2p3OE8CRfq2htuu0VNFsPsNnjBm5yZrWlU=; b=Jo1v5KC2mrwmcwnk1Mcw6mBBFuWF6Xc3eUdvnA+q4NWlyuqgjOPS+CQIPuvwppkoro nGIBf3++IgFyhHbQ1bYQp6CHrUxFn52n9zRE//Hars43Q+SzlOMzQQN8tzTSX31ttj0A acE1t2G809VL7gYzFRrteE7CiB06VkTDDIbKY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Qs1f494Ddrz3q3yaPHwgRvLdOAmj6WYGAtLvFaC9tnl4aPBCg5FaxCLhMYFgpZd4JD 2RGpc4m8fJttEn8kBAE7mLkjjx/0CKMLvbKkyLW60FmGnxzma3dmPHSUdS+CdNOzmOuW D17rS6/v0zQE9wAOxtuvJ1MZQQmQ7p23VQa8E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com To: misc@openbsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: misc@openbsd.org Precedence: list Sender: owner-m...@openbsd.org Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v?
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? oh wow that's great news! I don't have openbsd installed on (the machine) yet - lack of support for this device was a show-stopper as it is a laptop. Linux shows this in the dmesg: [ 105.708047] rtl8187: Invalid hwaddr! Using randomly generated MAC address [ 214.908048] rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your [ 214.908050] hardware, use at your own risk [ 214.909768] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' [ 218.447469] phy0: hwaddr 6e:72:7b:10:73:c6, RTL8187BvB V1 + rtl8225z2 [ 218.447515] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 (rest of dmesg is at http://www.growveg.org/laptop/kubuntu/kubuntu-8_dmesg.txt) I managed to get it actually working under ubuntu-9.04 but have no lspci output for it yet. the last time I tried freebsd-current back in November, I got: no...@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x02 card=0xff501179 chip=0x436c11ab rev=0x16 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' class = network subclass = ethernet cap 01[48] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 cap 05[5c] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit cap 10[c0] = PCI-Express 2 legacy endpoint I need to install the latest openbsd now. Can you post your usbdevs -v ifconfig -a and relevant bit of dmesg? I'll be really interested in seeing those. What's performance like? My laptop is a toshiba satellite A300 -- John
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
2009/5/27, Martynas Venckus marty...@altroot.org: snip From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com snip Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? I don't have an OpenBSD cd or partition at hand for that machine so I'm sorry I can't give you the output of 'usbdevs -v'. If desired I will produce that for you later. The ID of my card is, according to Linux's lsusb: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter. Can you confirm this specific instance of this card to (at least partly) work.
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
2009/5/27 Nido n...@foxserver.be: 2009/5/27, Martynas Venckus marty...@altroot.org: snip From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com snip Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? I don't have an OpenBSD cd or partition at hand for that machine so I'm sorry I can't give you the output of 'usbdevs -v'. If desired I will produce that for you later. The ID of my card is, according to Linux's lsusb: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter. Can you confirm this specific instance of this card to (at least partly) work. Hello, Yes I will do as soon as i get home (about 3 hrs from now). Many thanks! -- John
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
From owner-misc+m85949=martynas=altroot@openbsd.org Wed May 27 16:51:34 2009 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wBO6VgpS2nKToOqkxdaMJ8I8QInHw7IeusTsef/Ja34=; b=rCCZOZ78kxyFMGM56KdPtbUY3dS3dTT7qZvjDDbC0YY8RdJfgttQGTlKB4g3Y4yLhO t769DcCdn6O9vy+wbK4BXkIApo+5mEzmKQST6D4BnsVXPAyQBWgHy9UveSMExNGoC24y EMmgKLdzzL4BpFWxVUmMnVhVISS3+plDkvlts= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JIKDlvlm5j3rts8gGV/6XekNkDz6BHJCPa24SCrsGcnVxKyKu/Jc3NnoNbqBVqA3j7 GD2xrFJ1mxwvs2CJ7kzEPe0puK/9XOt/rz+xHgDhwyxfDHPfhF3WBIKyi428jv37f+vK wUejlZIu/ykvd+QqfLJ3IedTTrSFyKjOJIeE4= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: 200905271303.n4rd3gvw031...@landisk.altroot.org abc784790905270644y3689d358ib5096052948d5...@mail.gmail.com Subject: Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com To: misc@openbsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: misc@openbsd.org Precedence: list Sender: owner-m...@openbsd.org yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? oh wow that's great news! I don't have openbsd installed on (the machine) yet - lack of support for this device was a show-stopper as it is a laptop. Linux shows this in the dmesg: [ 105.708047] rtl8187: Invalid hwaddr! Using randomly generated MAC address [ 214.908048] rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your [ 214.908050] hardware, use at your own risk [ 214.909768] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' [ 218.447469] phy0: hwaddr 6e:72:7b:10:73:c6, RTL8187BvB V1 + rtl8225z2 [ 218.447515] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 (rest of dmesg is at http://www.growveg.org/laptop/kubuntu/kubuntu-8_dmesg.txt) I managed to get it actually working under ubuntu-9.04 but have no lspci output for it yet. the last time I tried freebsd-current back in November, I got: no...@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x02 card=0xff501179 chip=0x436c11ab rev=0x16 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' class = network subclass = ethernet cap 01[48] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 cap 05[5c] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit cap 10[c0] = PCI-Express 2 legacy endpoint I need to install the latest openbsd now. Can you post your usbdevs -v port 6 addr 2: high speed, power 100 mA, unconfigured, WG111v3(0x4260), BayNETG EAR(0x0846), rev 2.00, iSerialNumber 001B2F32CAA0 ifconfig -a urtw0: flags=8a43UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 lladdr 00:1b:2f:32:ca:a0 priority: 0 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) status: active ieee80211: nwid chan 1 bssid 00:15:e9:f7:5a:9e 143dB 100dBm inet 192.168.2.22 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 inet6 fe80::21b:2fff:fe32:caa0%urtw0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 and relevant bit of dmesg? urtw0 at uhub0 port 5 BayNETGEAR WG111v3 rev 2.00/2.00 addr 2 urtw0: RTL8187B rev. E, address 00:1b:2f:32:ca:a0 I'll be really interested in seeing those. What's performance like? it is oki My laptop is a toshiba satellite A300
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
2009/5/27 Nido n...@foxserver.be: 2009/5/27, Martynas Venckus marty...@altroot.org: snip From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com snip Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? I don't have an OpenBSD cd or partition at hand for that machine so I'm sorry I can't give you the output of 'usbdevs -v'. If desired I will produce that for you later. The ID of my card is, according to Linux's lsusb: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter. Can you confirm this specific instance of this card to (at least partly) work. Hi, machine: j...@john-desktop:~$ uname -a Linux john-desktop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Output of lsusb: j...@john-desktop:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b064 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0930:0508 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth HCI Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub It works, I'm using it now. Oddly, I have to use recovery mode in the boot menu, recover nothing, then wifi is seen. I think the reason for this is because it pauses probing, maybe it needs time to wake up. If I just boot ubuntu normally, it never initializes (it times out) and it never re-initializes I want this laptop to be multi-boot vista/openbsd. All serious work being done on openbsd. I need to keep the vista part for work reasons. i'd be completely grateful if you could tell me what you did to get this wifi to work under openbsd. Many thanks, -- John
Re: OpenBSD and Realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset
2009/5/27, John . comp.j...@googlemail.com: 2009/5/27 Nido n...@foxserver.be: 2009/5/27, Martynas Venckus marty...@altroot.org: snip From: John . comp.j...@googlemail.com snip Hello list, Are there any plans to support the realtek rtl8187: 8187B wireless chipset? Is it available in -current? yup; i am writing this email from one. ;-) got it working couple of months ago but was slac^H^H^H^Hbusy and did not clean it up yet; which one do you have? usbdevs -v? I don't have an OpenBSD cd or partition at hand for that machine so I'm sorry I can't give you the output of 'usbdevs -v'. If desired I will produce that for you later. The ID of my card is, according to Linux's lsusb: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter. Can you confirm this specific instance of this card to (at least partly) work. Hi, machine: j...@john-desktop:~$ uname -a Linux john-desktop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Output of lsusb: j...@john-desktop:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b064 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0930:0508 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth HCI Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub It works, I'm using it now. Oddly, I have to use recovery mode in the boot menu, recover nothing, then wifi is seen. I think the reason for this is because it pauses probing, maybe it needs time to wake up. If I just boot ubuntu normally, it never initializes (it times out) and it never re-initializes I want this laptop to be multi-boot vista/openbsd. All serious work being done on openbsd. I need to keep the vista part for work reasons. i'd be completely grateful if you could tell me what you did to get this wifi to work under openbsd. Many thanks, -- John I think you may have mistaken my post. We do have the same wireless chip but I have not gotten it to work with OpenBSD yet. In fact; I haven't got OpenBSD running on this particular laptop now. I am thinking of installing the OpenBSD soon and switching it to -current for the first time and see what happens. Unfortunately; my few experiences with the BSDs, and my cumbersome internet situation make it so I can not really tell whether a failing configuration would be because the driver is having issues with the hardware; or (more likely) PEBKaC. So I am, just as you, looking for confirmation of someone more experienced having gotten the driver to work. On Linux; modinfo states that even with only the Realtek VendorID; the productID 8198, 8197, 8189 and 8187 are working with that driver. However; from experience when the driver was first released into the kernel; I learnt that the 8197 does work a bit different then the 8187 and 8189 ones. As such; I suspect it could work a bit different on the 0846:4260 card Martynas has. Can anyone confirm success with Realtek 8187B cards other then the BayNETGEAR WG111v3 one?
