Re: Status of ue wi-fi driver?

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists_at_lists.zabbadoz.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:31:08 UTC
On Tue, 25 Jun 2024, Steven Friedrich wrote:

> GMKtek Nucbox K8 AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Mini PC (8C/16T up to 5.1Ghz)
> GPU is integrated with a powerful AMD Radeon 780M 12 Cores Graphics Card; AMD 
> RDNA 3 graphics architecture
> 32GB RAM, 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD
> Dual NIC 2.5Gbps
> WiFi 6E (WPA2 and WPA3), BT5.2, USB3.2, USB-C 4.0/DP, HDMI
>
> pciconf -lv
>
> none5@pci0:2:0:0:    class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x14c3 
> device=0x0616 subvendor=0x14c3 subdevice=0xc616
>     vendor     = 'MEDIATEK Corp.'
>     device     = 'MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter'
>     class      = network

That's a mt76/mt7921 and is not yet supported.  Some early work is on its way.
I am currently waiting for someone else to help out with some code before
putting more effort into it again.

People awaiting more are posting/following here:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264300


> dmesg:
>
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ure0

ue is the Ethernet device (your USB Ethernet dongle)?

> ue0: Ethernet address: ??:??:??:??:??:?? (intentionally obfuscated)
> ue0: link state changed to DOWN
> ng_hci_process_command_timeout: ubt0hci - unable to complete HCI command 
> OGF=0x3, OCF=0x3. Timeout
> Security policy loaded: MAC/ntpd (mac_ntpd)
>
> There is no man page for a ue driver.

man ure

The command:
   usbconfig show_ifdrv
would tell you the driver name early on a 2nd line for the device.


> And it doesn't work.

Well, that depends on which part doesn't work;  WiFi won't as it's mt76
unsupported as yet;  ue0 you'll have more chances on the networking
mailing list.


>  I have a Netgear USB dongle, AC600 USB 2.0 WiFi Adapter 
> (A6100), which works (rtwn driver)


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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7