- Restore R92C_TXDW4_HWSEQ_EN bit - it is used by non-8188EU chips.
- Fix DRVRATE bit usage.
Tested with:
- RTL8188EU, STA mode.
- RTL8188CUS, STA mode.
Reviewed by: kevlo
Approved by: adrian (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4352
- Add error handling for urtwn_(r88e_)read_rom() and
urtwn_efuse_*() functions.
- Remove code duplication between urtwn_efuse_read() and
urtwn_r88e_read_rom().
- Merge r88e_rom and (r92c_)rom structures
(only one of them can be used at the same time).
- Other minor fixes / improvements.
Tested with RTL8188EU, STA mode
(URTWN_DEBUG + USB_DEBUG, hw.usb.urtwn.debug=3, no visual differences).
Reviewed by: kevlo
Approved by: adrian (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4253
- Split urtwn_tx_start() into urtwn_tx_data() and urtwn_tx_start()
(the last will be used for beacon updates / raw xmit path).
- Remove unneeded code from _urtwn_getbuf().
- Use CCK11 for data frames in 11b mode.
- Send EAPOL frames at 1 Mbps.
- Reduce code duplication in urtwn_tx_data().
- Fix sequence numbering.
- Add IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_WEP flag for encrypted frames.
- Check URTWN_RUNNING flag under lock.
Tested with RTL8188EU, STA mode.
Reviewed by: kevlo
Approved by: adrian (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4017
- Filter out unneeded frames in STA mode.
- Implement ic_promisc() call.
Tested with RTL8188EU, STA and MONITOR modes.
Reviewed by: kevlo
Approved by: adrian (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3999
registers (they are used for different purposes).
- Wrap R92C_MSR modifications into urtwn_set_mode().
Reviewed by: kevlo
Approved by: adrian (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3838
connectivity interact with the net80211 stack.
Historical background: originally wireless devices created an interface,
just like Ethernet devices do. Name of an interface matched the name of
the driver that created. Later, wlan(4) layer was introduced, and the
wlanX interfaces become the actual interface, leaving original ones as
"a parent interface" of wlanX. Kernelwise, the KPI between net80211 layer
and a driver became a mix of methods that pass a pointer to struct ifnet
as identifier and methods that pass pointer to struct ieee80211com. From
user point of view, the parent interface just hangs on in the ifconfig
list, and user can't do anything useful with it.
Now, the struct ifnet goes away. The struct ieee80211com is the only
KPI between a device driver and net80211. Details:
- The struct ieee80211com is embedded into drivers softc.
- Packets are sent via new ic_transmit method, which is very much like
the previous if_transmit.
- Bringing parent up/down is done via new ic_parent method, which notifies
driver about any changes: number of wlan(4) interfaces, number of them
in promisc or allmulti state.
- Device specific ioctls (if any) are received on new ic_ioctl method.
- Packets/errors accounting are done by the stack. In certain cases, when
driver experiences errors and can not attribute them to any specific
interface, driver updates ic_oerrors or ic_ierrors counters.
Details on interface configuration with new world order:
- A sequence of commands needed to bring up wireless DOESN"T change.
- /etc/rc.conf parameters DON'T change.
- List of devices that can be used to create wlan(4) interfaces is
now provided by net.wlan.devices sysctl.
Most drivers in this change were converted by me, except of wpi(4),
that was done by Andriy Voskoboinyk. Big thanks to Kevin Lo for testing
changes to at least 8 drivers. Thanks to pluknet@, Oliver Hartmann,
Olivier Cochard, gjb@, mmoll@, op@ and lev@, who also participated in
testing.
Reviewed by: adrian
Sponsored by: Netflix
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
* 286410
* 286413
* 286416
The initial commit broke a variety of debug and features that aren't
in the GENERIC kernels but are enabled in other platforms.
with the net80211 stack.
Historical background: originally wireless devices created an interface,
just like Ethernet devices do. Name of an interface matched the name of
the driver that created. Later, wlan(4) layer was introduced, and the
wlanX interfaces become the actual interface, leaving original ones as
"a parent interface" of wlanX. Kernelwise, the KPI between net80211 layer
and a driver became a mix of methods that pass a pointer to struct ifnet
as identifier and methods that pass pointer to struct ieee80211com. From
user point of view, the parent interface just hangs on in the ifconfig
list, and user can't do anything useful with it.
Now, the struct ifnet goes away. The struct ieee80211com is the only
KPI between a device driver and net80211. Details:
- The struct ieee80211com is embedded into drivers softc.
- Packets are sent via new ic_transmit method, which is very much like
the previous if_transmit.
- Bringing parent up/down is done via new ic_parent method, which notifies
driver about any changes: number of wlan(4) interfaces, number of them
in promisc or allmulti state.
- Device specific ioctls (if any) are received on new ic_ioctl method.
- Packets/errors accounting are done by the stack. In certain cases, when
driver experiences errors and can not attribute them to any specific
interface, driver updates ic_oerrors or ic_ierrors counters.
Details on interface configuration with new world order:
- A sequence of commands needed to bring up wireless DOESN"T change.
- /etc/rc.conf parameters DON'T change.
- List of devices that can be used to create wlan(4) interfaces is
now provided by net.wlan.devices sysctl.
Most drivers in this change were converted by me, except of wpi(4),
that was done by Andriy Voskoboinyk. Big thanks to Kevin Lo for testing
changes to at least 8 drivers. Thanks to Olivier Cochard, gjb@, mmoll@,
op@ and lev@, who also participated in testing. Details here:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/projects/ifnet/net80211
Still, drivers: ndis, wtap, mwl, ipw, bwn, wi, upgt, uath were not
tested. Changes to mwl, ipw, bwn, wi, upgt are trivial and chances
of problems are low. The wtap wasn't compilable even before this change.
But the ndis driver is complex, and it is likely to be broken with this
commit. Help with testing and debugging it is appreciated.
Differential Revision: D2655, D2740
Sponsored by: Nginx, Inc.
Sponsored by: Netflix
Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards.
This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports:
net/urtwn-firmware-kmod.
Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port
for the firmware.
TODO:
- 802.11n support
- Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble
coping with simultaneous iperf sessions.
- fix debugging
MFC after: 2 months
Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
