From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: anjalik@iwavesystems.com
Cc: backports@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8192DU Driver and Android LOllipop
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:15:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <564377B6.6040306@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151111063247.203429dxmv42uelb@iwavesystems.com>
On 11/11/2015 05:32 AM, anjalik@iwavesystems.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick response. The driver is working fine. I tested Open, WEP
> mode and WPA2 is yet to be tested since iwpriv is not working as it is
> deprecated. I would like to ask a query regarding the firmware
>
> 1.Which is the firmware to be used ,rtl8192dufw.bin or rtl8192dufw_wol.bin ?
>
> I guess the firmware is rtl8192dufw.bin or do both the binaries together take
> care of firmware functionalities.?
>
> In the previous driver which I used,the firmware image was embedded one. Even
> without using the above binaries , everything is working fine. Is it really
> required to copy these binaries under system/lib/firmware path.?
>
> I am using Dual Band USB 2.O Wi-Fi Adaptor with RTL8192DU chipset.
The firmware with "wol" in its name is for Wake-On-Lan operation. The feature
requires special configuration, and I have not tested it. At startup, the driver
will load one or the other. If WOL is not enabled, only the regular firmware
will be used. I extracted both versions before I eliminated the embedded data.
Adding a driver with embedded firmware to the standard kernel is frowned upon
due to the several thousand lines of data. That is the reason that I extracted
the firmware, and converted the driver to use external firmware. If your version
of the driver has been converted, then you need at least the standard firmware
in the /lib/firmware/ tree.
Larry
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-09 10:49 Realtek RTL8192DU Driver and Android LOllipop anjalik
2015-11-09 16:23 ` Larry Finger
2015-11-11 11:32 ` anjalik
2015-11-11 16:55 ` Larry Finger
2015-11-11 17:15 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2015-11-12 5:40 ` anjalik
2015-11-28 6:58 ` anjalik
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