[Mageia-dev] kernel-3.3.3 and wifi problems

[simple w8]

2012/4/26 simple w8 <simplew8 at gmail.com>:
> 2012/4/26 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
>> simple w8 skrev 26.4.2012 13:22:
>>>
>>> 2012/4/26 Thomas Backlund<tmb at mageia.org>:
>>
>>
>>>> Now for the problem...
>>>>
>>>> do you have package rtlwifi-firmware installed ?
>>>>
>>>> Can you post output of ls -l /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, its installed:
>>>
>>> ~]# rpm -ql rtlwifi-firmware
>>
>>
>> Can you provide the output of:
>>
>>  ls -l /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
>>
>>
>> so I can verify the actually installed files are the expected ones
>>
>> --
>> Thomas
>
> The files are installed, anyway here you have it:
>
> ]# ls -l /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
> total 272
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13540 Abr 21 16:35 rtl8192cfw.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16014 Abr 21 16:35 rtl8192cufw.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  20526 Abr 21 16:35 rtl8192defw.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  88856 Abr 21 16:35 rtl8192sefw.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129304 Abr 21 16:35 rtl8712u.bin

If the firmware was not installed, then it would simply not exist any
wifi network available, and the case is about having less wifi
networks being detected when running kernel-3.3.3, this in my pov is
drivers stuff.