Hi On Friday 30 April 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 23:45 +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > > Package: firmware-nonfree > > Version: 0.23 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Hi > > > > The staging driver rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb, needed for the "Longshine > > LCS-8131N2" 0bda:8171 [1] USB wlan device, requires a binary firmware to > > function: > [...] > > It would be great, if the according firmware image could be added to > > firmware-nonfree as part of the new/unreleased firmware-realtek binary > > package. > > > > Please note that this had already been added to firmware-nonfree before, > > but was removed again as not confirmed to be working. > [...] > > It would be nice if revision r15379 could be reinstated, but please > > note that the kernel (or rather rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb) looks for the > > firmware under: > > > > $ /sbin/modinfo r8192s_usb | grep ^firmware > > firmware: RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin > > > > and not RTL8192/rtl8192sfw.bin, as previously assumed in r15379. > > The firmware I added in r15379 is apparently used with the rtl8192u > driver. Since Debian doesn't distribute that driver I didn't see any > point in distributing the corresponding firmware. > > Do you know where the firmware for rtl8192su is supposed to be > available? Back in March I grabbed everything I could from Realtek's > FTP site and didn't find it in there.
I have to admit that I had quite some problems in finding the firmware image for rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb as well, but just tried the version you commited to svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/ in r15379 first - and found it to be working reliably with 6.5 MB/s (distance: 2 metres, little interference, wget(r8192s_usb) <--> Atheros AR9100 MAC/BB Rev:0 AR2133 RF Rev:a2, ath9k, ath9k_rate_control <--> GBit/s ethernet <--> vsftpd(RTL8168d/8111d) from a local server). Looking at the RealTek server, I find this firmware image inside the RTL8192SE driver http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#2302 which currently resolves to rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010.tar.gz 972eca3225a018e949a097ad7b91567f *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/Realtek-Firmware-License.txt 70ff412e813567ee331ce5edf05f4ddc *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw492.bin a65de7d458c00adbe96893341a3ff151 *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw74.bin a5ad703551efb108ba012b4b8a830d93 *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin and I've been operating my RTL8188S successfully with rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb a5ad703551efb108ba012b4b8a830d93 */lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin Searching for the term 'rtl8192sfw.bin' certainly suggests different results as well, the most prominent having a md5sum of 68533bf8078a9e00966a78c9f2da4b9b, which seems to originate from a driver version called rtl8192su_linux_2.6.0002.0708.2009, however I haven't found any legitimate source (nor copyright info for the supplied firmware images) for this tarball yet - while I didn't test that version, a clarification about the preferred firmware for rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb would be very appreciated. Regarding the firmware-nonfree/ firmware-realtek Debian package, it seems to be safe to add a5ad703551efb108ba012b4b8a830d93 *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin as known working (at least for me) origin for a5ad703551efb108ba012b4b8a830d93 */lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin given that 972eca3225a018e949a097ad7b91567f *rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/firmware/RTL8192SE/Realtek-Firmware-License.txt is (sans whitespace changes) identical to http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/realtek/LICENSE Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004300255.04624.s....@gmx.de