From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:41995 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754274AbcB2M2d (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:28:33 -0500 From: Jes Sorensen To: Larry Finger Cc: dsadsa sadsad , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: alfa awus036nhr v2 and module rtl8xxxu References: <56B38CDF.9010806@lwfinger.net> <56BA8E5D.5090402@lwfinger.net> <56BB5C16.8070206@lwfinger.net> <56D3EBCF.7000206@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:28:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <56D3EBCF.7000206@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:57:19 -0600") Message-ID: (sfid-20160229_132836_632247_97D622E8) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger writes: > On 02/28/2016 05:01 PM, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> Larry Finger writes: >>> On 02/10/2016 06:01 AM, dsadsa sadsad wrote: >>>> So do i have to patch and recompile or not? >>> >>> It will not change a thing for the AWUS036NHR. It will fix a bug in >>> 1T2R devices. >> >> After pulling my hairs out over this one for days (if not weeks), I >> think I finally figured it out. >> >> I just pushed a patch into the rtl8xxxu-nextgen repository which makes >> the AWUS036NHR v2 work for me. > > Jes, > > On my unit, which seems to be V1, things are worse. The logged output is > > [ 31.833290] usb 3-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 > [ 31.833292] usb 3-6: Product: ALFA AWUS036NHR > [ 31.833294] usb 3-6: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 > [ 32.066835] fuse init (API version 7.24) > [ 33.201094] usb 3-6: Vendor: ^R^CALFA > [ 33.201097] usb 3-6: Product: US036NHR > [ 33.201099] usb 3-6: rtl8192cu_parse_efuse: dumping efuse (0x80 bytes): > [ 33.201101] usb 3-6: 00: 29 81 00 74 cd 00 00 00 > [ 33.201102] usb 3-6: 08: ff 00 da 0b 7f 81 03 41 > [ 33.201103] usb 3-6: 10: 32 00 85 62 9e ad 00 c0 > [ 33.201105] usb 3-6: 18: ca 52 c3 c9 02 03 12 03 > [ 33.201106] usb 3-6: 20: 41 4c 46 41 20 20 41 57 > [ 33.201107] usb 3-6: 28: 55 53 30 33 36 4e 48 52 > [ 33.201108] usb 3-6: 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201110] usb 3-6: 38: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201111] usb 3-6: 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201112] usb 3-6: 48: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201113] usb 3-6: 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201114] usb 3-6: 58: 06 00 19 19 19 00 00 00 > [ 33.201116] usb 3-6: 60: 27 26 25 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201117] usb 3-6: 68: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 33.201118] usb 3-6: 70: 00 00 00 00 00 0a 40 00 > [ 33.201119] usb 3-6: 78: 0e 20 00 00 36 00 04 00 > [ 33.201121] usb 3-6: RTL8188RU rev A (TSMC) 1T1R, TX queues 2, > WiFi=1, BT=0, GPS=0, HI PA=1 > [ 33.201122] usb 3-6: RTL8188RU MAC: 00:c0:ca:52:c3:c9 > [ 33.201124] usb 3-6: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > [ 33.203491] usb 3-6: Firmware revision 80.0 (signature 0x88c1) > [ 33.348885] usb 3-6: Failed to initialize RF > [ 33.661460] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu > [ 33.675077] rtl8xxxu 3-6:1.0 wlp0s20u6: renamed from wlan0 > [ 33.749780] usb 3-6: rtl8xxxu_int_complete: Error -71 That one I have never seen before - could you try and insert some debug prints to see where the RF initialization fails? Cheers, Jes