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kernel-firmware-nonfree</H1> + <B>simple w8</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=%3CCAKVccoVEwDz_WiyYuXLPUTW5V32i2kX-X8BXreRtjanJbGoA_g%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree">simplew8 at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Apr 13 00:50:41 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014213.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014221.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14217">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14217">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14217">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14217">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>2012/4/12 Pascal Terjan <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pterjan at gmail.com</A>>: +><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> +These are not the only differences, check the output: + +~]$ LC_ALL=C diff -U 3 +/mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi +/mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi +Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +rtl8192cfwU.bin +Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +rtl8192cfwU_B.bin +Binary files /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin +and /mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin +differ +Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +rtl8192defw_12.bin +Binary files /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin +and /mageia/kernel-firmware-nonfree/SOURCES/linux-firmware-nonfree-20120219/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin +differ +Only in /mandriva/kernel-firmware-extra/SOURCES/linux-firmware/rtlwifi: +rtl8192sefw.old.bin + + +><i> Surprisingly <A HREF="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=tree;f=rtlwifi;h=97aae7b3721b48e08450c2e29b40d4d480797b5f;hb=HEAD">http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=tree;f=rtlwifi;h=97aae7b3721b48e08450c2e29b40d4d480797b5f;hb=HEAD</A> +</I>><i> doesn't have the same names for them: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -rw-r--r--      13540   rtl8192cfw.bin  blob | history | raw +</I>><i> -rw-r--r--      16014   rtl8192cufw.bin blob | history | raw +</I>><i> -rw-r--r--      20526   rtl8192defw.bin blob | history | raw +</I>><i> -rw-r--r--      88856   rtl8192sefw.bin blob | history | raw +</I>><i> -rw-r--r--      129304  rtl8712u.bin    blob | history | raw +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> In conclusion, after adding the missing firmware files into +</I>>><i> /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/ i finally started having a normal behaviour +</I>>><i> when writing (it didnt happen again to have repeated characters like +</I>>><i> keyboard keys were stuck). +</I>>><i> Willl these files be added into the package or will i have continue to +</I>>><i> have attention if files that exist upstream are packaged? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It seems there is a bug in the file WHENCE +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Driver rtl8192e - Realtek 8192 PCI wireless driver +</I>><i> File: RTL8192E/* +</I>><i> Licence: Redistributable, provided by Realtek in their driver +</I>><i>         source download. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> There should be a ":" after Driver, so the script does not get it. +</I></PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + 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