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?
