Re: rtwn

Eric Furman <ericfurman@fastmail.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, at 8:56 PM, Stanislav wrote:
> > OK. What can I do?
> > Could you recommend an action I can make?
> > Is it normal if I just wait for new version of rtwn?
> > Or does this situation mean that mentioned card probably never will be
> > supported?
> >
> > I have searched similar cases.
> > Stefan Sperling's report at EuroBSDcon2017: "Sometimes just adding a new
> > PCI/USB device ID is enough to extend device support of an existing driver".
> >
> > Or the problem is more complicated and driver is not ready to work with the
> > device. Is it? What can I research?
>
> If you really want support for this card the best thing to do is buy
> one and contact Theo DeRaadt for information on who to send
> it to so they can work on supporting it. If a developer does not
> have one of these cards in their possession they can't work on
> the driver to make it supported.

Bingo.

Or look at the source, and mail a package to those people.

But the other approach of begging people without the hardware to add
support is rather ridiculous.