Public bug reported:
A user with 12.04 + Trusty HWE to support RTL8188 is missing the
matching firmware since it is not included in the 12.04 linux-firmware
package; It is in the 13.04 and later packages.
modinfo $(awk '/10EC.*8179/{print $3}' /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.*) |
grep ^firmware
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin
12.04:
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin
13.04:
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin
** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Status: Triaged
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
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12.04 missing rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin when HWE is installed
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