From: Mark Greer <mgreer@animalcreek.com>
To: David Ashley <dashxdr@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RTL usb adapter question
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:03:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171025220313.GA4897@animalcreek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABkE59DHPoLD5PGRHpKMAwy0w3vR9M_qoHEQ1AkK-ELDcUXD9Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:43:55PM -0500, David Ashley wrote:
> I'm trying to understand how the linux kernel loads RTL8188CUS firmware
> rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
> when that file isn't available anywhere in my embedded system's filesystem.
>
> Basically I'm trying to understand the theory. We have a product that
> is making use of the device
To get a general understanding of how fw loading works in Linux, read this:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/firmware/index.html
Mark
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-25 22:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-25 18:43 RTL usb adapter question David Ashley
2017-10-25 19:35 ` Larry Finger
2017-10-26 21:45 ` David Ashley
2017-10-26 22:00 ` James Cameron
2017-10-27 1:28 ` David Ashley
2017-10-27 4:41 ` James Cameron
2017-10-28 3:23 ` David Ashley
2017-10-28 3:44 ` James Cameron
2017-10-27 18:49 ` Larry Finger
2017-10-25 22:03 ` Mark Greer [this message]
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