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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=%3CCAKVccoWbs8vxXHxtKijiu_VTZTUntGbKHLrgwz%2BjTJ3Bx-RLsA%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 18:36:41 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014221.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014209.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [4034] mozilla-thunderbird is now thunderbird +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14250">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14250">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14250">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14250">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>2012/4/13 Pascal Terjan <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pterjan at gmail.com</A>>: +><i> 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>>><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>><i> +</I>><i> Well I don't know where they are coming from, not from upstream. +</I>><i> Maybe from the driver provided on realtek site? +</I> +When i said upstream i was refering to realtek, that whats mandriva +has in kernel-firmware-extra and thats with those firmware files that +i can get things working properly. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014221.html">[Mageia-dev] rtl8192ce missing firmware files in kernel-firmware-nonfree +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014209.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [4034] mozilla-thunderbird is now thunderbird +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14250">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14250">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14250">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14250">[ 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> |