Pengendali Perangkat Wireless RTL8191SEvA di Kernel Linux 3.0

Berita yang sangat baik bagi pengguna wireless jenis chipset RTL8191SEvA, yaitu anda tidak perlu lagi memasang (install) program pengendalinya (device driver) secara manual.

Setelah anda menjalankan kernel Linux 3.0 di distribusi openSUSE anda, maka perangkat wireless ini akan langsung aktif dan dapat digunakan dengan baik.


> cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon


> uname -r
3.0.0-rc3-202-geb96c92-1-vanilla

>  rpm  -ql  kernel-vanilla  |  grep rtl8192se.ko
/lib/modules/3.0.0-rc3-202-geb96c92-1-vanilla/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko

>  lsmod  |  grep rtl8192se
rtl8192se              99672  0
rtlwifi               106329  1 rtl8192se
mac80211              291805  2 rtl8192se,rtlwifi

>  find  /sys  -iname  *rtl8192se*
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/rtl8192se
/sys/module/mac80211/holders/rtl8192se
/sys/module/rtlwifi/holders/rtl8192se
/sys/module/rtl8192se
/sys/module/rtl8192se/drivers/pci:rtl8192se

> find /sys -iname *wlan0*
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0/net/wlan0
/sys/class/net/wlan0

# hwinfo --wlan
22: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller                            
 [Created at pci.318]
 Unique ID: y9sn.JDhrMU5EliA
 Parent ID: 8otl.22RBGd3CjsE
 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0
 SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
 Hardware Class: network
 Model: "Realtek WLAN controller"
 Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
 Device: pci 0x8171
 SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
 SubDevice: pci 0x1107
 Revision: 0x10
 Driver: "rtl8192se"
 Driver Modules: "rtl8192se"
 Device File: wlan0
 Features: WLAN
 I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw)
 Memory Range: 0xfbefc000-0xfbefffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
 IRQ: 16 (no events)
 HW Address: 1c:4b:d6:41:cf:b2
 Link detected: yes
 WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
 WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
 WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
 WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
 Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008171sv00001A3Bsd00001107bc02sc80i00"
 Driver Info #0:
 Driver Status: rtl8192se is active
 Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192se"
 Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
 Attached to: #3 (PCI bridge)

Satu lagi kelompok pengguna yang senang dengan (bakal) lahirnya kernel Linux versi baru ini. Bagaimana dengan anda?

Have fun!