I would love to have an ebuild for this wireless module that isn't in kernel (even staging), yet (as of linux 4.5.3). You can download the driver (working for 4.5.3) here: https://github.com/donahue95/rtl8192eu-linux-driver Just cd into the dir, then make && make install will create a 8192eu.ko module for the current running kernel.
# lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. idProduct 0x818b bcdDevice 2.00 iManufacturer 1 Realtek iProduct 2 802.11n NIC iSerial 3 00e04c000001 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 53 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 5 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 2 802.11n NIC Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 3 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x08 EP 8 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Binary Object Store Descriptor: bLength 5 bDescriptorType 15 wTotalLength 12 bNumDeviceCaps 1 USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 16 bDevCapabilityType 2 bmAttributes 0x00000002 Link Power Management (LPM) Supported Device Status: 0x0001 Self Powered
This is probably obsolete with the kernel's rtl8xxxu which includes support for 8192eu
rtl8xxxu.ko doesn't work for my 8192eu card (0bda:818b).
(In reply to Nicola Sensini from comment #3) > rtl8xxxu.ko doesn't work for my 8192eu card (0bda:818b). It was temporarily disabled. [1] In the future, the support will be there. [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccfe1e85322090649d2fae599e55300c1512bf15
(In reply to Brian Evans from comment #2) > This is probably obsolete with the kernel's rtl8xxxu which includes support > for 8192eu The fact is that the kernel module does not work with all rtl8192eu chips, in kernel sources there is no their VID / PID, and if you add them manually, the adapter starts to see the network, but cannot connect to them, unlike the third-party driver. Here is a link to the kernel bugtracker with the problem https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196769
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/guru.git/commit/?id=6f165b9632beb6826b1b7de81fc58ff68b9a0402 commit 6f165b9632beb6826b1b7de81fc58ff68b9a0402 Author: Aleksandr Batyuk <abbat.2008@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2020-03-18 18:05:42 +0000 Commit: Aleksandr Batyuk <abbat.2008@gmail.com> CommitDate: 2020-03-18 18:05:42 +0000 net-wireless/rtl8192eu: New Package Realtek RTL8192EU driver module for Linux kernel. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/582168 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.89, Repoman-2.3.20 Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Batyuk <abbat.2008@gmail.com> net-wireless/rtl8192eu/Manifest | 1 + net-wireless/rtl8192eu/metadata.xml | 8 ++++++++ net-wireless/rtl8192eu/rtl8192eu-20200123.ebuild | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
