Bug 30857

Summary:	add 8188eu driver, replace r8188eu
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz>
Component:	kernel-image-std-def	Assignee:	Vitaly Chikunov <vt>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	qa-sisyphus
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	kernelbot, placeholder, vt
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux
Bug Depends on:	29888
Bug Blocks:

Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2015-03-24 21:08:37 MSK

The same request applies to kernel-image-std-def-3.14.36-alt1 . (With that kernel, my adapter work very bad, too.)

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #30856 +++

kernel-image-un-def-3.19.2-alt1

I have read that there alternative versions of the driver -- https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/issues/105 .

The one currently included in the package is:

filename:       /lib/modules/3.19.2-un-def-alt1/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/r8188eu.ko
version:        v4.1.4_6773.20130222
author:         Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

lwfinger has 4.1.8 and other versions -- https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/issues/100 .

He ships his versions under the name 8188eu to avoid a conflict.

The current r8188eu works very bad in my case. I'm not sure why, but the lwfinger's one might be better.

Why not include it?

Comment 1 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2015-03-24 21:58:07 MSK

What does "works badky" mean in my case?

It means that 50% of pings are lost.

It means that downloading from ftp.altlinux.org goes at speed about 50kB/s whereas another nearby computer connected to the same WiFi network does this at 1100kB/s.

And it means that there is a long waiting for establishing connections, which makes it almost impossible to use.

Any log messages?.. Perhaps, this stuff from dmesg gives some information:

[   94.088489] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[   94.090635] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp0s26u1u1: link is not ready
[   94.226706] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[   96.884970] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[   96.919094] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[   96.989283] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  134.243616] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  134.253956] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  134.254695] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  134.255442] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  134.256320] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  136.235031] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  150.290275] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  152.324974] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  174.352399] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  180.768989] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  183.740954] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  186.917033] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  190.196169] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  199.253810] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  234.376214] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  234.386445] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  234.387195] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  234.387945] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  236.550274] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  256.437811] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  256.447901] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  256.448647] R8188EU: ERROR ap recv disassoc reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.489133] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  258.528910] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(14) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.535371] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  258.544028] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.544762] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.545528] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.546414] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  258.547139] R8188EU: ERROR sta recv deauth reason code(7) sta:5c:d9:98:66:55:72
[  260.124056] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  261.958252] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  263.505266] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  277.347358] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  293.118729] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  302.343752] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  318.018032] R8188EU: ERROR indicate disassoc
[  328.460918] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  363.256763] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  365.250693] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  403.366329] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  405.418268] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  441.468172] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  443.535392] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  475.554920] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  477.553093] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  525.687348] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  527.762811] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  561.786150] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  563.830345] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  599.884132] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming
[  601.947717] R8188EU: ERROR assoc success
[  627.959475] R8188EU: ERROR linked_status_chk(wlp0s26u1u1) disconnect or roaming