From: Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>, Chris Chiu <chiu@endlessm.com>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com
Cc: Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>,
Linux Firmware <linux-firmware@kernel.org>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] rtlwifi: v88.2 firmware files for RTL8192CU
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:00:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <744509e3-d3f6-21bd-3f6b-83a93d88d7df@reto-schneider.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+5PVA7WLAGP6oL8pxGvjqHS030LoDTcz5-YDHVjYaYVHOZD2g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/14/20 3:19 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:58 AM Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> The vendor driver rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.1_6911.20130308 includes
>
> Where can one get that driver? It's unclear to me what the terms and
> conditions around its usage are, and therefore I can't tell if
> deriving values from this driver are permitted.
This driver was available on the official Realtek servers before they
prevented accessing their FTP servers [0][1]. Luckly, someone mirrored
its content on GitHub [2], which is also where I got the driver from [3].
> If you can get an Ack from someone from Realtek, or someone that
I have no contacts to anyone at Realtek. Not sure if "cold" e-mailing
random people there would be helpful.
> normally maintains the upstream drivers, that would go a long way.
Jes Sorensen, the maintainer of rtl8xxxu redirected me to Chris Chiu in
order to get (paid) work done on rtl8xxxu (which includes testing this
FW). Does this help?
Kind regards,
Reto
[0]
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/ftp3-realtek-com-tw.72385/#post-1581267
[1] https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/issues/275
[2] https://github.com/XAIOThaifeng/realtek-linux
[3]
https://github.com/XAIOThaifeng/realtek-linux/tree/370738ceb9efa42c31ecdcb4db90ee0d6d064004/RTL8188C_8192C/USB/v4.0
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-20 3:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-23 2:45 [PATCH] rtlwifi: v88 firmware files for rtl8192cu Reto Schneider
2020-03-23 2:45 ` Reto Schneider
2020-03-23 14:57 ` Larry Finger
2020-03-23 14:57 ` Larry Finger
2020-03-23 22:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] Updating RTL8192CU firmware Reto Schneider
2020-03-23 22:58 ` Reto Schneider
2020-03-23 22:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] rtlwifi: v88.2 firmware files for RTL8192CU Reto Schneider
2020-03-23 22:58 ` Reto Schneider
2020-09-06 3:39 ` Chris Chiu
2020-09-06 3:39 ` Chris Chiu
2020-09-14 13:19 ` Josh Boyer
2020-09-20 3:00 ` Reto Schneider [this message]
2020-09-03 17:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] Updating RTL8192CU firmware Reto Schneider
2020-09-03 17:57 ` Reto Schneider
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