News for RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller on openSUSE

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are:

  1. You do not need to install its driver from TAR package anymore, zypper will take over it via Open Build Service (OBS), which is easier to maintain and to get update. See on the openSUSE-Kernel list to get to know on how to have the packages installed (or you might to see the tutorial in Bahasa Indonesia here) and look on the additional note below.
  2. The driver (rtl8192se) will be in Linux 3.0  kernel tree.
  3. openSUSE 12.1 will have Linux 3.0 kernel on its final release (right now it still in Milestone 1), so user will have the RTL8191SEvA wireless device working automatically right after openSUSE 12.1 installed.
  4. BNC #608060 has been resolved since yesterday..  :)

additional note:

  1. My current openSUSE release
  2. # cat /etc/SuSE-release
    openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
    VERSION = 11.4
    CODENAME = Celadon
  3. My current (Linux) kernel release
  4. # uname -r
    2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop
  5. rtl8192 Packages and Repository that Provides Them
  6. # rpm -qa rtl8192\*
    rtl8192se-kmp-desktop-0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.6_0.5-1.4.x86_64
    rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.4.x86_64
    rtl8192se-firmware-0019.1207.2010-1.4.noarch
    
    # zypper lr -d | grep wireless
    17 | wireless | wireless | Yes | Yes | 98 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/11.4-update
  7. List of Supported PCI-IDs by the Device Driver
  8. # lspci | grep Wireless
    02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
    
    # lspci -n | grep 02:00.0
    02:00.0 0280: 10ec:8171 (rev 10)
    
    # rpm -qi rtl8192se-kmp-desktop
    Name        : rtl8192se-kmp-desktop        Relocations: (not relocatable)
    Version     : 0019.1207.2010_k2.6.37.6_0.5       Vendor: obs://build.opensuse.org/driver:wireless
    Release     : 1.4                           Build Date: Fri May 13 11:47:41 2011
    Install Date: Tue Jun  7 16:45:41 2011         Build Host: build20
    Group       : System/Kernel                 Source RPM: rtl8192se-0019.1207.2010-1.4.src.rpm
    Size        : 781688                           License: GPL
    Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri May 13 11:49:44 2011, Key ID 5308b44c4073bdbe
    Summary     : Linux driver for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI WiFi cards
    Description :
    This package contains a kernel module for Realtek RTL8192SE PCI "draft-N" WiFi cards.
    
    The driver will be called "r8192se_pci.ko", the follwong PCI-IDs are supported:
    
    10ec:8171
    10ec:8172
    10ec:8173
    10ec:8174
    10ec:8192
    Distribution: driver:wireless / 11.4-update
  9. The Driver Name
  10. # rpm -ql rtl8192se-kmp-desktop | grep 8192se
    /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop/updates/r8192se_pci.ko
    
    # find /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop/ -type f -iname *.ko | grep 8192se
    /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop/updates/r8192se_pci.ko
  11. The Device Driver Paths on sysfs
  12. # find /sys -iname *8192se*
    /sys/module/r8192se_pci
    
    # find /sys -iname *wlan*
    /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0/net/wlan0
    /sys/class/net/wlan0
  13. hwinfo of Wireless Device
  14. 58: None 00.0: 1070a WLAN
      [Created at net.124]
      Unique ID: AYEt.QXn1l67RSa1
      Parent ID: y9sn.JDhrMU5EliA
      SysFS ID: /class/net/wlan0
      SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0
      Hardware Class: network interface
      Model: "WLAN network interface"
      Driver: "rtl819xSE"
      Driver Modules: "r8192se_pci"
      Device File: wlan0
      HW Address: 1c:4b:d6:41:cf:b2
      Link detected: yes
      Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
      Attached to: #32 (WLAN controller)
  15. iwconfig Output
  16.  # iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     802.11bg  ESSID:"mkaa"  Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA1"
              Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:21:91:2B:B0:63
              Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
              Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management period:0us  mode:All packets received
              Link Quality=99/100  Signal level=-47 dBm  Noise level=-119 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
    
    vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

Good luck and.. Have fun!  :)

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