Re: driver support for USB WiFi RTL8188GU

On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:18:57 +0200
Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:

> On 10/10/2023 10:49, Juraj Lutter wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 10 Oct 2023, at 10:45, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you for the hint, but it seems it is already in 13.2.
> >> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs?h=releng/13.2&id=226fef966a1f234d871c199af77ca411f87d2389
> >>
> >> It looks like idProduct = 0x1a2b is just the fake CD-ROM drive. Should I found some different id and add it?
> >> I am sorry for maybe stupid question but this is the first time I play with USB WiFi dongle on FreeBSD.
> >
> > These dongles often starts in ?mass storage mode? where you can find (mostly) Windows drivers on it.
> > Once you do ?eject? on the ?mass storage device?, the dongle should switch into ?Wireless NIC? mode.
>
> Thank yoy, that get me further.
>
> # eject -v /dev/cd0
> eject: trying device /dev//dev/cd0c
> eject: trying device /dev//dev/cd0
> eject: trying device /dev/cd0
> eject: ejecting media from /dev/cd0
>
> # tail -f /var/log/messages
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: ugen1.4: <Realtek DISK> at usbus1 (disconnected)
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: umass0: at uhub3, port 3, addr 4 (disconnected)
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: cd0: <Realtek USB Disk autorun 1.00>  detached
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: umass0: detached
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx kernel: ugen1.4: <Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter> at
> usbus1
> Oct 10 11:04:21 xxx webcamd[61945]: webcamd: Cannot find USB device
>
> But no wlan device detected
>
> # sysctl net.wlan.devices
> net.wlan.devices:
>
> # usbconfig -d ugen1.4 dump_device_desc
>
> ugen1.4: <Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
>
>    bLength = 0x0012
>    bDescriptorType = 0x0001
>    bcdUSB = 0x0200
>    bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
>    bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
>    bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
>    bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
>    idVendor = 0x0bda
>    idProduct = 0xb711
>    bcdDevice = 0x0200
>    iManufacturer = 0x0001  <Realtek>
>    iProduct = 0x0002  <802.11n WLAN Adapter>
>    iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <00E04CB82101>
>    bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
>
>
> 1) is this idProduct = 0xb711 the ID I should try to add somewhere?
> 2) is there a way to avoid manual eject every time I try to use this
> dongle? (I tried usbconfig -d ugen1.4 add_quirk UQ_MSC_IGNORE with no luck)
>

1) could be worth a try, since the CD and WLAN functions have unique
   idProduct values.
2) I must admit that I have no idea how to do this.

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Gary Jennejohn