[elrepo] RTL 8188CUS 802.11n driver

[Daniel Russ]

Hi,
   The driver looks good and appears to be running. Here is the output (without all the alias lines).  Thank you for all your help.  Let me know if you need any additional  tests on the driver.

[uncled at box ~]$ /sbin/modinfo 8192cu | grep -v alias
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-238.9.1.el5/weak-updates/r8192cu/8192cu.ko
author:         ...
description:    realtek wireless lan driver
license:        GPL
srcversion:     B6A790C5DA395D767699AD4
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.18-128.el5 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1
parm:           rtw_initmac:charp
parm:           rtw_chip_version:int
parm:           rtw_rfintfs:int
parm:           rtw_lbkmode:int
parm:           rtw_hci:int
parm:           rtw_network_mode:int
parm:           rtw_channel:int
parm:           rtw_mp_mode:int
parm:           rtw_wmm_enable:int
parm:           rtw_vrtl_carrier_sense:int
parm:           rtw_vcs_type:int
parm:           rtw_busy_thresh:int
parm:           rtw_ht_enable:int
parm:           rtw_cbw40_enable:int
parm:           rtw_ampdu_enable:int
parm:           rtw_rf_config:int
parm:           rtw_power_mgnt:int
parm:           rtw_low_power:int
parm:           wifi_spec:int
parm:           antdiv_cfg:int
parm:           enusbss:int
parm:           hwpdn_mode:int


On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Phil Perry wrote:

> On 20/04/11 02:46, Daniel Russ wrote:
>> Hi Alan,
>> 
>> The ElRepo driver installed fine.  However, I am not sure if I am using the ElRepo driver.  I removed the kernel module using modprobe -r 8192.  The wireless turns off.  I start it up again with modprobe 8192, the wireless is back.  Should I remove the driver again and delete /lib/modules/2.6.18-238.9.1.el5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8192cu.ko
>> 
>> I looked in /etc/modprobe.conf and there is no reference to anything that resembles 8192.
>> 
>> Here is the result of lsmod
>> [uncled at box ~]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep 8192
>> 8192cu                328800  0
>> 
>> I apologize for not threading my messages, I receive the daily digest and can't seem to get the "In-Reply-To" header set appropriately.
>> 
>> Dan
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Running modinfo for the module will show you the path of the driver 
> that's currently being used. Can you show the output from:
> 
> modinfo 8192cu
> 
> You don't need to remove the original kernel driver, the new driver from 
> Alan's kmod package should override it but the modinfo output above will 
> confirm that.
> 
> 
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