Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.
Ben Hutchings <ben <at> decadent.org.uk>
2010-05-01 00:08:40 GMT
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 02:55 +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Friday 30 April 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> > 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).
So they are using different filenames for the same firmware depending on
the driver that loads it? That is very strange. Thanks for the
information.
Ben.
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