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Bug#651622: linux-2.6: Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001 WLAN stick not supported



On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 17:22 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 12/10/2011 04:37 PM, Roland Gruber wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some problem to get a Sitecom USB WLAN stick to run.
> > Ben tried to help me but we did not get it to work. So he pointed me to you. :)
> >
> > It is the Sitecom WLA-2000 v1.001.
> >
> > Vendor 0df6
> > Product 005d
> > Chipset Realtek RTL8191S
> >
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.016012] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151122] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0df6, idProduct=005d
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151126] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151129] usb 2-3: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151130] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
> > Dec 10 18:45:10 roland kernel: [18513.151132] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
> >
> > We tried to use the kernel module rtl8192cu by adding the IDs with "echo 0df6 005d>  /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id".
> > But this led to a kernel oops.
> >
> > Is there any way to setup the rtl8192cu kernel module so that it accepts the WLAN stick?
> > We also tried the module r8192u_usb but it complains about firmware loading problems when connecting the stick.
> 
> If rtl8192cu generates an oops when you use the new_id, then it is the wrong 
> driver for your device.

Isn't this really just because using new_id results in
driver_info = NULL?

Ben.

> The driver for the RTL8188SU is r8712u. Try
> 
> modprobe -rv r8712u
> echo 0df6 005d >  /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id
> 
> If that works, I can add that device ID to the driver.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.

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