On 09/14/2013 10:46 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 14/09/2013 16:36, Michael Mol wrote: >> So, for work, I got a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13. I've got it booting >> Gentoo. The rtl8723au chipset, which manages both wifi and bluetooth in >> this laptop, does not have a driver in =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.7. >> >> Everything I know about the driver comes from two places. First, the >> LKML thread where Larry Finger announced his obtainment of the driver >> from Realtek, and his uploading it to github. >> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/280 >> >> Second, the relevant Github repo (and the particular commit at which I >> have it): >> >> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au/commit/58a426d1ce29d8c26c36630ef8970afdc6876fcc >> >> Now, here's what's weird. That driver code works fine under Ubuntu >> 13.04. Boot into Ubuntu 13.04, build the driver, insmod 8723au.ko, and >> NetworkManager/nm-applet tells me wireless networks are available. >> >> Under Gentoo, using 3.10.7, no such luck. Build the driver, insmod it, >> and NetworkManager suddenly thinks there's a *wired* NIC present. The >> Yoga 13 doesn't have a wired NIC. > > Eh? That is weird. Have you tried vanilla-sources to take gentoo > patchset out of the equation?
I have not. I'll try that next. > Or possibly the driver was developed on Ubuntu and relies on one of > their patches Story, as I read it, goes that it was developed by Realtek, who didn't think to open-source it. Larry Finger asked Realtek for the driver, they provided it, as well as permission to get it distributed further. > >> >> iwlist scan gives: >> >> enp0s26u1u4i2 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> ip link show gives: >> >> 9: enp0s26u1u4i2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq >> state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 >> link/ether 20:16:d8:b0:25:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> >> The NIC doesn't appear under lspci, but it does appear under lsusb: >> >> /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M >> |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=, 480M >> |__ Port 4: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=, 480M >> |__ Port 4: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=, 480M >> |__ Port 4: Dev 4, If 2, Class=Vendor Specific Class, >> Driver=rtl8723au, 480M >> >> (Several buses and ports omitted, just including the one that appears to >> be where the NIC is located at) >> >> Hopefully I'm just missing something silly. If not, I'm perfectly >> willing to dig deeper, so long as this 1wk-old kid on my lap is asleep... > > Daddy!!!!! > > Congrats on the new one in your life. Your definition of "personal free > time" is about to change dramatically i.e. it goes away. It's not possible to have less free time than I had in the past few months. Even having this kid on my lap while I write this is a luxury of free time I haven't had in ages. Nearly every non-work, non-sleep moment was dedicated to preparing for this guy just showing up. Looking forward to when he's big enough for the mai-tai; that'll afford me even more flexibility. Though I'll probably wind up eating my own words... > > Would this be why you suddenly got quiet the last 3 months or so? Combined with my job getting busier and busier, yes. I'm flattered I was missed. :)
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