diff options
| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
| commit | 1be510f9529cb082f802408b472a77d074b394c0 (patch) | |
| tree | b175f9d5fcb107576dabc768e7bd04d4a3e491a0 /zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html | |
| parent | fa5098cf210b23ab4f419913e28af7b1b07dafb2 (diff) | |
| download | archives-master.tar archives-master.tar.gz archives-master.tar.bz2 archives-master.tar.xz archives-master.zip | |
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html | 160 |
1 files changed, 160 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e1aa0a0fb --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-April/014221.html @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20rtl8192ce%20missing%20firmware%20files%20in%0A%09kernel-firmware-nonfree&In-Reply-To=%3CCA%2BCX%2Bbiap8J4oR38RnaUdCeUcF1jX%3DURX_V6AJ6r9Lpf-6hoVg%40mail.gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="014217.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="014250.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree</H1> + <B>Pascal Terjan</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20rtl8192ce%20missing%20firmware%20files%20in%0A%09kernel-firmware-nonfree&In-Reply-To=%3CCA%2BCX%2Bbiap8J4oR38RnaUdCeUcF1jX%3DURX_V6AJ6r9Lpf-6hoVg%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree">pterjan at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Apr 13 10:40:11 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014217.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014250.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14221">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14221">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14221">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14221">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 23:50, simple w8 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">simplew8 at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +><i> 2012/4/12 Pascal Terjan <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pterjan at gmail.com</A>>: +</I>>><i> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 21:19, simple w8 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">simplew8 at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +</I>>>><i> Hi, +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I have a realtek wifi card: +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> ~]# lspcidrake -vv|grep -i wifi +</I>>>><i> rtl8192ce       : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8188CE +</I>>>><i> 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:10ec device:8176 +</I>>>><i> subv:10ec subd:9196) (rev: 01) +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> it uses kernel module rtl8192ce (still dont understand why Mageia is +</I>>>><i> calling as "RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter" where is a 8192) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> rtl8192ce is the driver for RTL8192CE and RTL8188SE +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> It seems pci.ids have same description for all of them: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> vendor: 10ec ("Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."), device: 8176 +</I>>><i> ("RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter") +</I>>><i> vendor: 10ec ("Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."), device: 8177 +</I>>><i> ("RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter") +</I>>><i> vendor: 10ec ("Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."), device: 8178 +</I>>><i> ("RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter") +</I>>><i> vendor: 10ec ("Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."), device: 8191 +</I>>><i> ("RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter") +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> You can request it to be fixed on +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/10ec/8176">http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/10ec/8176</A> if you know what should be the +</I>>><i> name +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> untill today it has happened that when writing, multiple times i get +</I>>>><i> characters repeated like the keyboard key was stuck. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> When i runned Mandriva cooker 2 months ago i didnt had this problem so +</I>>>><i> i went to see the differences between both packages +</I>>>><i> kernel-firmware-nonfree (from Mageia) and kernel-firmware-extra (from +</I>>>><i> Mandriva) and i saw that there are missing firmware files in the +</I>>>><i> Mageia package, these files exist upstream, so i dont understand why +</I>>>><i> werent them all put available in Mageia... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I presume you the files are: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin +</I>>><i> rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin +</I>>><i> rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin +</I>><i> +</I>><i> These are not the only differences, check the output: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ~]$ LC_ALL=C diff -U 3 +</I>><i> /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi +</I>><i> /mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi +</I>><i> Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +</I>><i> rtl8192cfwU.bin +</I>><i> Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +</I>><i> rtl8192cfwU_B.bin +</I>><i> Binary files /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin +</I>><i> and /mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin +</I>><i> differ +</I>><i> Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +</I>><i> rtl8192defw_12.bin +</I>><i> Binary files /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin +</I>><i> and /mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin +</I>><i> differ +</I>><i> Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +</I>><i> rtl8192sefw.old.bin +</I> +Well I don't know where they are coming from, not from upstream. +Maybe from the driver provided on realtek site? +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014217.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014250.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14221">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14221">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14221">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14221">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |