How to seach best for the ID number & according driver?

[pistazienfresser]

@lwfinger

On 01/20/2011 06:06 AM, pistazienfresser wrote:
>
> Akoellh;2280027 Wrote:
>> …]
>>
>> One of the first questions (at least, if the answer is “good” ???)
>> would ask for the device ID because that is the data that matters…]
>
> So tagging the threads on wireless issues with the PCI-ID in a format
> like -1737:0079- might be not the worst of possible ideas (at least to
> help the helpers)?

s/PCI-ID/PCI-ID or USB-ID/

That information is absolutely necessary. As Akoellh said, the vendor name/model
is essentially useless.

BTW: I will have an announcement regarding Realtek drivers for 802.11n chips
using mac80211 in the next few days. It is very exciting.

@Akoellh

I think you guess correctly

  1562.765800] usb 2-2: Manufacturer:** Manufacturer Realtek** 

0b05:1791 - Google Search

Second hit:

[ubuntu_studio] Need help installing USB wireless internet adapter WL-167G V3 - Page 2 - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1550135&page=2)

=> RTL8192SU

@tsu2

Cool, thx. I guess my Google search somehow turned up something different

1. My Google-search with Mozilla Firefox delivered something similar to Akoellh’s Opera initiated Google-search:

0b05:1791 - Google Search (interesting that G. seems mainly to ignore the “:” and shows just results with the manufacture and the device ID not necessary as one string/phrase )

2. The (now) seventh result seems to me interesting in general:
   Linux Kernel Driver Database: CONFIG_R8712U: RealTek RTL8712U (RTL8192SU) Wireless LAN NIC driver

Is cattee.net a trustful source and so it may make sense to search just on this side/domain with G. to see if there is already a driver in the kernel?
Example given: 0b05:1791 - Google Search on cattee.net

Regards
Martin
(pistazienfresser)