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rtlwifi/rtl8188ee: Add firmware for new driver

PATCH Xose Vazquez Perez 2 participants 4 messages Jan 11, 2013 – Jan 12, 2013

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Quoted 4 lines · Larry Finger

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+Driver: rtl8188ee - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8188EE
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+Info: Taken from Realtek version rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0010.0109.2013

FYI linux_mac80211_0010.0109.2013.tar.bz2 also brings new releases of rtl8192cfw.bin and rtl8192defw.bin

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Quoted 9 lines · Xose Vazquez Perez

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Quoted 4 lines · Larry Finger

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+Driver: rtl8188ee - Realtek 802.11n WLAN driver for RTL8188EE
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+Info: Taken from Realtek version rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0010.0109.2013

FYI linux_mac80211_0010.0109.2013.tar.bz2 also brings new releases of rtl8192cfw.bin and rtl8192defw.bin

Yes, I know; however, I have not yet had a chance to test those new firmware files yet. As I have had problems in the past with new Realtek firmware, I am now cautious. Have you tested this new firmware?

Thanks for the tip,

Larry

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Quoted 3 lines · Larry Finger

Yes, I know; however, I have not yet had a chance to test those new firmware files yet. As I have had problems in the past with new Realtek firmware, I am now cautious. Have you tested this new firmware?

No. sorry. Here only one USB realtek device, rtl8192cu.

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Quoted 7 lines · Xose Vazquez Perez
Quoted 3 lines · Larry Finger

Yes, I know; however, I have not yet had a chance to test those new firmware files yet. As I have had problems in the past with new Realtek firmware, I am now cautious. Have you tested this new firmware?

No. sorry. Here only one USB realtek device, rtl8192cu.

Larry, could it be possible to print the *firmware version* in the rtlwifi output ?

It's the only interesting thing missing:

usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8176 usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 2-1.4: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: Realtek
usb 2-1.4: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10
rtl8192cu: MAC address: 00:e0:4c:07:dd:45
rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: ES

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